What is Aegisthus?
'''Aegisthus''' (or '''Aigisthos''') was a figure in [[Greek mythology]]. He is known from two sources. The first is [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'', about the end of the 8th century [[BC]]. The second from [[Aeschylus]]'s ''[[Oresteia]]'', written in the 5th century BC. As [[Agamemnon]] lay siege to [[Troy]], his queen [[Clytemnestra]] took Aegisthus as a lover. The couple killed Agamemnon when he returned. Aegisthus ruled for seven more years before being killed by Agamemnon's son ''[[Orestes]]''. This is part of the story of the ''Orestia''. [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]