Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra (/ˌklaɪtəmˈnɛstrə/, UK also /klaɪtəmˈniːstrə/; Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, Klytaimnḗstrā, [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Agamemnon had taken as a war prize following the sack of Troy; however, in Homer's Odyssey, her role in Agamemnon's death is unclear and her character is significantly more subdued.

Not to be confused with Clytie or Clytia, names used for several other figures in Greek mythology.
Clytemnestra
Greek mythology character
Clytemnestra, John Collier, 1882
In-universe information
FamilyTyndareus (father)
Leda (mother)
Helen of Troy (twin half-sister)
Castor and Pollux (full-brother and half-brother respectively)
SpouseTantalus, Agamemnon
ChildrenIphigenia, Electra, Orestes, Iphianassa, Chrysothemis, Aletes, Erigone, Helen

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