Definition of Clytemnestra

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clytemnestra

Clupea harengus pallasii
Clupea sprattus
Clupeidae
Clusia flava
Clusia insignis
Clusia major
Clusia rosea
Clusiaceae
Clyde
Clyde William Tombaugh
Clydesdale
Clydesdale terrier
Clydesdales
Clymene
Clytemnestra (current term)
Clytocybe alba
Clœlius
Cmdre
Cnemidophorus
Cnemidophorus exsanguis
Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Cnemidophorus tigris
Cnemidophorus velox
Cnicus
Cnicus benedictus
Cnidoscolus
Cnidoscolus urens
Cnidospora

Literary usage of Clytemnestra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray (1868)
"A great personage insisted on being presented to the charming Clytemnestra. " Heigh ha ? Run him through the body. Marry somebody else, hay? ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Clytemnestra receives Agamemnon on his Return from the Sack of Troy, ... Clytemnestra — Down from the chariot thou standest in, Crowned with the flaming ..."

3. The Agamemnon of AEschylus by Aeschylus (1824)
"I come, O Clytemnestra! and thus low Worship thy sceptre, as 'tis meet we ... Clytemnestra. Bearing glad tidings, as the proverb runs, Rise morning from its ..."

4. The Seven Plays: In English Verse by Aeschylus, Lewis Campbell (1890)
"Electra and the Trojan women have been sent by Clytemnestra with an offering to the shade ot Agamemnon, who is more likely to be propitious to them than to ..."

5. The Greek Tragic Theatre: Containing Æschylus by Dr. Potter, Sophocles by Dr by Robert Potter, Thomas Francklin, Michael Wodhull, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles (1809)
""Clytemnestra. Ah me! I understand thee, though thy words Are dark; and we shall perish in ... Clytemnestra. Ah, stay thy hand, my son : my child, my child, ..."

6. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"He was made viceroy of India in 1876; created Earl of Lytton in 1880 ; and ambassador to France in 1887. His works include : ' Clytemnestra. ..."

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