CLYTEMNESTRA

Latinized forma de Griego Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra), from κλυτος (klytos) famous, noble and μνηστηρ (mnester) courter, wooer. In Griego legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon and the mother of Orestes and Electra. While her husband was away during the Trojan War she took a lover, and upon his return she had him murdered. She was subsequently killed by Orestes.

“klie-təm-NES-trə (English)”