Meaning Of The Word Clytemnestra

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Clytemnestra in American English
the wife of Agamemnon: with the aid of her lover Aegisthus she murders her husband and is in turn killed by their son Orestes
noun: the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the wife of Agamemnon, and the mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. She killed Agamemnon and was herself killed, along with her lover, Aegisthus, by Orestes

Clytemnestra in British English
noun: the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War

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