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πŸ‘€ Clytaimnestra

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  • Information
    wife of Agamemnon
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131157
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/46325
    LIMC headword
    Klytaimestra
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/WV4acGMKQ9im2ukMclww5QF
    Gender
    Female
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Daughter of
    πŸ‘€ TyndareosπŸ‘€ Leda
    Mother of
    πŸ‘€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ Chrysothemis (Mycenaean) daughter of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ Electra (Mycenaean) daughter of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ Iphigeneia daughter of Agamemnon and ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ Son of Tantalos and Clytaimnestra (name unknown)πŸ‘€ Erigone (Mycenaean) daughter of Aigisthos and ClytaimnestraπŸ‘€ Iphianassa (Mycenaean) daughter of AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Laodice (Mycenaean) daughter of Agamemnon
    Wife of
    πŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ AigisthosπŸ‘€ Tantalos (Argive)
    Has children with
    πŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Tantalos (Argive)πŸ‘€ Aigisthos
    Ruler of
    🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)
    Kills
    πŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Cassandra
    Dies at
    🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)πŸ›οΈ the House of Electra (Mycenae)
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)πŸ‘€ PyladesπŸ‘€ Electra (Mycenaean)
    Buried at
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Clytaimnestra (Mycenae)
    Buried by
    πŸ‘€ MenelaosπŸ‘€ Helen
    Has post-mortem existence at
    🌍 the Underworld
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ AgamemnonπŸ‘€ HelenπŸ‘€ TyndareosπŸ‘€ Chrysothemis (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Electra (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ IphigeneiaπŸ‘€ Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)πŸ‘€ Tantalos (Argive)πŸ‘€ Son of Tantalos and Clytaimnestra (name unknown)πŸ‘€ AigisthosπŸ‘€ PalamedesπŸ‘€ Nauplios (f. of Palamedes)🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🏺 the Cloak of AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Pylades🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at DelphiπŸ‘€ Erigone (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ PhylonoeπŸ‘€ LedaπŸ‘€ Timandra (Spartan)πŸ‘€ Cassandra🏺 the Wooden Statue of Aphrodite Hoplismene🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens)πŸ‘€ Pelops (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ TeledamosπŸ‘₯ the Companions of AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Eurymedon (Mycenaean)πŸ‘₯ the Erinyes🌍 Maniai (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ Perileos (Spartan)πŸ›οΈ the Sacred Stone (Troizen)πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)πŸ‘€ HermesπŸ‘€ Guard of Clytaimnestra (name unknown)πŸ›οΈ the House of Aigisthos (Mycenae)πŸ‘€ Panopeus (eponym)πŸ‘€ Servant of Agamemnon (name unknown)πŸ‘€ Iphianassa (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Strophios (Phocian I)🌍 Crisa (Phocis)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Agamemnon (Mycenae)πŸ‘€ ApolloπŸ‘€ AphroditeπŸ‘€ Mestor (s. of Aias)πŸ‘€ AlcmeonπŸ‘€ Argeios (comp. of Aigisthos)πŸ‘€ Antiochos (Mycenaean II)πŸ‘€ Companion of Agamemnon (name unknown)πŸ‘€ Aerope (Argive)πŸ‘€ AtreusπŸ‘€ Inachos (river god)πŸ‘€ Pelops (Pisan)πŸ‘€ IoπŸ‘€ Thyestes (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ the Golden Lamb of AtreusπŸ‘€ Pelopeia (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia)πŸ‘€ AresπŸ‘€ ArsinoaπŸ‘€ Laodice (Mycenaean)🌍 Orestias (Chaonia)πŸ‘€ CalchasπŸ‘€ Odysseus🌍 Tainaron (Laconia)🌍 the UnderworldπŸ‘€ Charon (boatman)πŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan)πŸ‘€ TheseusπŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan)🌍 Eleusis (Attica)🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia)🌍 River Asopos (Boiotia)🌍 the Saronic Gulf🌍 Peparethos (island)🌍 Euripos Strait (Euboia)🌍 Mount Messapion (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Arachnaion (Argolid)🌍 Acte (Chalcidice)🌍 the Mountain of Hermes (Lemnos)🌍 Mount Macistos (Euboia)🌍 Mount Aigaleos (Attica)🌍 PhocisπŸ‘€ Scylla (sea monster)πŸ‘€ Watchman of Mycenae (name unknown)🏺 the Cup of CastorπŸ›οΈ the Oracle of Dionysos at Mount Pangaion (Thrace)πŸ‘€ Phoibe (Spartan)πŸ‘€ MenelaosπŸ‘€ TalthybiosπŸ‘€ Achilles🌍 Aulis (Boiotia)πŸ‘₯ the Amphictyonic LeagueπŸ‘₯ the Greek Contingent at TroyπŸ‘€ ArtemisπŸ‘€ Husband of Electra (name unknown)πŸ›οΈ the House of Electra (Mycenae)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Clytaimnestra (Mycenae)🌍 Sparta (Laconia)πŸ‘₯ the Trojan Captive Women (Mycenean)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 2.15-2.16πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 3.22πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.7-6.11πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.23πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25πŸ“– Apollodoros, Epitome 6.27πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.10.6πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 1.109-1.115πŸ“– Euripides, Trojan Women 353-367πŸ“– Pausanias 3.19.6πŸ“– Pausanias 3.15.10-3.15.11πŸ“– Pausanias 1.28.5πŸ“– Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7πŸ“– Pausanias 2.18.2πŸ“– Pausanias 2.22.6-2.22.7πŸ“– Pausanias 8.34.1-8.34.4πŸ“– Pausanias 2.31.4πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466πŸ“– Pausanias 1.2.3πŸ“– Pausanias 2.22.2-2.22.3πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 MostπŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 23-75πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 77-115πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 129-160πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 254-305πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 1-22πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 372-430πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 431-470πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 516-550πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 626-655πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 1398-1427πŸ“– Hesiod fr. 247 MostπŸ“– Nostoi fr. 10 WestπŸ“– Nostoi Argumentum 5 WestπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 24.98-24.204πŸ“– Lucian, The Hall 23πŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 43πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, Nero 10πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47πŸ“– Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 16πŸ“– Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37πŸ“– Ovid, Ibis 353-354πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7πŸ“– Strabo 7.7.8πŸ“– Strabo 1.2.3πŸ“– Strabo 12.2.3πŸ“– Ovid, Amores 1.7πŸ“– Lycophron, Alexandra 1099-1122βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 27πŸ“– Pausanias 1.33.8πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 84-87πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 258-269πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 281-316πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 869-885πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 914-920πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035-1320πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343-1447πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1525-1529πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1468-1474πŸ“– Ion of Chios, Tragedies FragTrag fr. 1 = fr. 1 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1-39πŸ“– Euripides, Hecuba 1252-1295πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.140-13.195πŸ“– Euripides, Andromache 884-929πŸ“– Euripides, Andromache 957-986πŸ“– Euripides, Andromache 1010-1046πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 1-48πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 49-79πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 80-135πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 415-468πŸ“– Agathon FragTrag rep. 5 = fr. 17 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 873-975πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 1146-1210πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 1336-1430πŸ“– Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 1531-1629πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 1-53πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 213-280πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 988-1054πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 1139-1189πŸ“– Euripides, Electra 1232-1291πŸ“– Sophocles, Electra 552-591πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 35.144πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 35.145πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1387.50-1387.62πŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1388.8-1388.19πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.10.7
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenPausaniasHomer, OdysseyHesiod, EhoiaiSophocles, ElectraHesiod NostoiLucian, The HallLucian, The DancePs-Lucian, NeroPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-Lucian, The PatriotPindar, Pythian 11Ovid, IbisD-Scholia, IliadStraboOvid, AmoresLycophron, AlexandraAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesAeschylus, AgamemnonIon of Chios, TragediesEuripides, HecubaOvid, MetamorphosesEuripides, AndromacheEuripides, Iphigenia at AulisAgathonEuripides, ElectraPliny, Natural HistoryEustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Homer, OdysseyHomer, IliadAeschylus, AgamemnonNicander
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 3.262-3.275πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 1.33-1.42πŸ“– Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1343-1447πŸ“– Nicander fr. 58 Gow-ScholfieldπŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43
    Depictions
    🎨 Apulian Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to the Painter of the Boston 00.348 (Vatican 17941; LIMC Antenor I 9)🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Spurius Mesor VII 3, 29, Pompeii (MANN 120085, 120086; PALP r7-i3-p29-space-l)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Sirico VII 1, 25.47, Pompeii (MANN 8994; PALP r7-i1-p25-space-34)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Koumantatakis n/a)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1654)🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)πŸ›οΈ the Hall (fictional)
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Statues of Clytaimnestra and Cassandra at Sanctuary of Apollo (?) at Amyclai (Not Extant)🎨 Painting of Clytaimnestra by Tauriscos (LIMC Klytaimestra 49)🎨 Painting of Orestes killing Clytaimnestra and Aigisthos by Theoros (LIMC Aigisthos 26)🎨 Unfinished Painting of the Children of Tyndareus by Nicomachos (Not Extant)
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