Clytemnestra
Mortal woman
In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra is the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. With Agamemnon, she is the mother of Iphigenia, Orestes, Electra, and Chrysothemis.
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Mentions in the Iliad
A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US
“that I would not accept the glorious ransom for the girl, the daughter of Chryses, since I much prefer to keep her in my home. For certainly I prefer her to Clytemnestra, my wedded wife, since she is not inferior to her, either in form or in stature, or in mind, or in any handiwork.”
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that I would not accept the glorious ransom for the girl, the daughter of Chryses, since I much prefer to keep her in my home. For certainly I prefer her to Clytemnestra, my wedded wife, since she is not inferior to her, either in form or in stature, or in mind, or in any handiwork.
Il. 1.113
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Eumenides Painter. Orestes Apollo Louvre Cp710. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AOrestes_Apollo_Louvre_Cp710.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Eumenides Painter
Eumenides Painter. Orestes Apollo Louvre Cp710. собрание не указано. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AOrestes_Apollo_Louvre_Cp710.jpg
Photograph / reproduction: Eumenides Painter
John Collier. Clytemnestra. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101069505
Photograph / reproduction: John Collier
Photograph / reproduction date: 1914s
John Collier. Clytemnestra. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101069505
Photograph / reproduction: John Collier
Photograph / reproduction date: 1914s
François Perrier. Жертвоприношение Ифигении. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107090360
François Perrier. Жертвоприношение Ифигении. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107090360
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Clytemnestra hesitates before killing the sleeping Agamemnon. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23500220
Photograph / reproduction: Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Photograph / reproduction date: 1817
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. Clytemnestra hesitates before killing the sleeping Agamemnon. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23500220
Photograph / reproduction: Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Photograph / reproduction date: 1817
Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. Hennequin Remords Oreste. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29855429
Photograph / reproduction: Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
Photograph / reproduction date: 1800
Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. Hennequin Remords Oreste. Department of Paintings of the Louvre. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29855429
Photograph / reproduction: Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
Photograph / reproduction date: 1800
Sébastien Bourdon. Жертвоприношение Ифигении. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5826552
Sébastien Bourdon. Жертвоприношение Ифигении. Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5826552
John Collier. Clytemnestra. Guildhall Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97357845
John Collier. Clytemnestra. Guildhall Art Gallery. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97357845
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- Wikipedia · Clytemnestra · CC BY-SA 4.0
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