What is Clytemnestra?
[[File:Klytaimnestra Erinyes Louvre Cp710.jpg|thumb|right|Detail view of a Greek [[vase]] painting. It shows Clytemnestra with the [[Erinyes]]. It is from the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]]]] '''Clytemnestra''' (or '''Klytaimnestra''') was a person in [[Greek mythology]]. She was the daughter of King [[Tyndareos]] of [[Sparta]] and his wife [[Leda]]. She was married to [[Agamemnon]], King of [[Mycenae]]. With him she had children [[Iphigenia]], [[Elektra]], [[:en:Orestes|Orestes]] and [[Chrysothemis]]. After the [[Trojan War]], Clytemnestra and her lover [[Aegisthos]] killed Agamemnon. Agamemnon had sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenia, to the Gods to have wind to set sail for war. Clytemnestra and Aegisthos are later killed by her son Orestes. {{-}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]