- Clytaemnestra
- Clytaemnestra wife and murderess of Agamemnon, from Gk. Klytaimnestra, from klytos "celebrated, heard of" + mnester "wooer, suitor," lit. "willing to mind, mindful of," related to mnasthai "to remember."
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Clytaemnestra
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