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Clytemnestra (/ ˌ k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n ɛ s t r ə /, [1] UK also / k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n iː s t r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, romanized: Klutaimnḗstra, pronounced [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Sparta.
Electra on Azalea Path is the title of Sylvia Plath's poem published in 1959, in reference to the Electra Complex A central character in Donna Leon 's crime fiction series is a present-day young woman named Elettra (the Italian form of "Electra"), who is highly resourceful and who bears some resemblance to the mythological character.
Electra (French title: Électre) is a two-act play written in 1937 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. It was the first Giraudoux play to employ the staging of Louis Jouvet . Based on the classic myth of antiquity, Electra has a surprisingly tragic force, without losing the spirit and sparkling humor that made Jean Giraudoux one of the most ...
Electra, also Elektra or The Electra [1] (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, [2] Ēlektra), is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles.Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) and the Oedipus at Colonus (406 BC) lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career.
Euripides' Electra (Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) is a tragedy probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC.A version of the myth of the house of Atreus, Euripides' play reworks important aspects of the story found in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy (especially the second play, Libation Bearers) and also in Sophocles' Electra, although the relative dating of Euripides' and ...
Clytemnestra de Saussure, 1867 Miscothyris F. Smith, 1869 Ochleroptera Holmberg, 1903 Paramellinus Rohwer, 1912 Astaurus Rayment, 1955 Clitemnestra is a genus of sand ...
Clitennestra (Clytemnestra), the Queen, Agamennone’s wife Soprano: Clara Petrella: Cassandra, Trojan's prophetess, Agamennone's concubine Soprano Luisa Malagrida Agamennone , the King, Trojan war hero Bass: Mario Petri: Egisto , Clitennestra’s lover Bass Raffaele Arié: Elettra , daughter of Agamennone and Clitennestra
Articles relating to Clytemnestra, the legends about her, and her depictions.She was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy.In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Agamemnon had taken as a war prize following the sack of Troy.