Clytemnestra
Died c. 1172 BCE
Wife of Agamemnon who helps murder him on his return, as told in the Odyssey.
Clytemnestra is a queen of Mycenae 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
- Queen of Mycenae
- 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
- Aegisthus Died c. 1172 BCE, lover of Clytemnestra
- Hermione Born c. 1200 BCE, daughter of Helen
Portrait: John Collier, Public domain.
