Aegisthus
Died c. 1172 BCE
Seducer of Clytemnestra and killer of Agamemnon, slain by Orestes, as told in the Odyssey.
Aegisthus is a lover of Clytemnestra from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Lover of Clytemnestra
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Died
- c. 1172 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Amphinomus Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
- Antinous Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
- Eurymachus Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
- Leodes Died c. 1174 BCE, suitor of Penelope
- Clytemnestra Died c. 1172 BCE, queen of Mycenae
- Hermione Born c. 1200 BCE, daughter of Helen
Portrait: Wind Group, Public domain.
