Clytemnestra, also spelled
Clytaemnestra (pronounced ; , ), in ancient Greek legend, was the wife of
Agamemnon, ruler of the Ancient Greek kingdom of
Mycenae or
Argos. In the
Oresteia by
Aeschylus, she murdered Agamemnon – said by
Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess
Cassandra, whom he had taken as war prize following the sack of
Troy; however, in
Homer's
Odyssey, her role in Agamemnon's death is unclear and her character is significantly more subdued.