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Aegisthus and Clytemnestra

Apollo gives an order through
the Oracle at Delphi that
Agamemnon's son
, Orestes
, is to kill
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, her lover.

On
Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered
( according to
the fullest version
of the oldest surviving account
, Odyssey 11. 409 – 11 ) by
Aegisthus, the lover
of his wife
Clytemnestra.
Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife
, had taken
Aegisthus, son
of Thyestes, as
a lover.

When Agamemnon came home he was slain by either
Aegisthus ( in
the oldest versions
of the story ) or
Clytemnestra.
Agamemnon's son Orestes later avenged
his father's murder
, with
the help or encouragement
of his sister Electra
, by murdering
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra ( his own mother ), thereby inciting
the wrath
of the Erinyes
( English:
the Furies ), winged goddesses who tracked down egregiously impious wrongdoers with their hounds ' noses
and drove them to insanity.
Aegisthus and Thyestes thereafter
ruled over Mycenae jointly
, exiling
Atreus ' sons
, Agamemnon
and Menelaus to Sparta
, where King Tyndareus gave
the pair
his daughters
, Clytemnestra and Helen
, to take as wives.

While Agamemnon
, the son
of Atreus, was absent on
his expedition against Troy
, Aegisthus seduced
Clytemnestra, the wife
of Agamemnon
, and was so wicked as to offer up thanks to
the gods
for the success with which
his criminal exertions were crowned.

Unbeknownst to Agamemnon
, while he was away at war
, his wife
, Clytemnestra, had begun an affair with
Aegisthus.

In Aeschylus's Oresteia
, the story is begun with
Agamemnon's return home
, to find that
his wife
, Clytemnestra, had married her lover
, Aegisthus.

Incidentally
, Telemachus learns
the fate
of Menelaus ’ brother Agamemnon
, king
of Mycenae
and leader
of the Greeks at Troy: he was murdered on
his return home by
his wife
Clytemnestra and her lover
Aegisthus.

Many
of the Greek wives were persuaded to betray their husbands
, most significantly
Agamemnon's wife
, Clytemnestra, who was seduced by
Aegisthus, son
of Thyestes.

His wife
Clytemnestra ( Helen's sister ) was
having an affair with
Aegisthus, son
of Thyestes, Agamemnon's cousin who had conquered Argos before Agamemnon himself retook it.

He killed
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus and succeeded to
his father's throne.

In Euripides ’ other story about Iphigenia
, Iphigenia in Tauris
, the play takes place after
the sacrifice
and after Orestes has killed
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.

She
and her brother Orestes plotted
revenge against their mother
Clytemnestra and stepfather
Aegisthus for the murder
of their
father, Agamemnon.

Electra was absent from Mycenae when her
father, King Agamemnon
, returned from
the Trojan War to be murdered
, either by Clytemnestra's lover
Aegisthus, by
Clytemnestra herself
, or by both.
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra also killed Cassandra
, Agamemnon's war prize
, a prophet-priestess
of Troy.

Pylades
and Orestes killed
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus ( in some accounts with Electra helping ).

On
the other hand
, Sophocles does mention her
, and hints that she lives in
the palace
of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, together with Electra
and Chrysothemis.

With
his friend Pylades ' assistance
, Orestes murders mother
Clytemnestra and her lover
Aegisthus.

While he was fighting
the Trojans
, his wife
Clytemnestra, infuriated by
the murder
of her daughter
, began an affair with
Aegisthus.

When Agamemnon left Mycenae
for the Trojan War
, Aegisthus seduced
his wife
, Clytemnestra, and the couple plotted to kill her husband upon
his return.
Clytemnestra and Aegisthus had three
children: Aletes
, Erigone
, and Helen
, who died as an infant.
Aegisthus and then

Unlike her sister
, Electra
, Chrysothemis did not protest or enact vengeance against their mother
for having an affair with
Aegisthus and then killing their
father.
Aegisthus then killed
Atreus, although not before
Atreus had two sons
, Agamemnon
and Menelaus.
Aegisthus then killed
Atreus.
Aegisthus then killed
Atreus and restored
the kingdom to
Thyestes.

This was one
of the sources
of the curse that destroyed
his family: two
of his sons
, Atreus and Thyestes, killed
a third
, Chrysippus
, who was
his favorite son
and was meant to inherit
the kingdom ;
Atreus and Thyestes were banished by him together with Hippodamia
, their mother
, who
then hanged herself ; each successive generation
of descendants suffered greatly by atrocious crimes
and compounded
the curse by committing more crimes
, as
the curse weighed upon Pelops '
children, grandchildren
, and great-grandchildren including
Atreus, Thyestes, Agamemnon
, Aegisthus, Menelaus
, and finally Orestes
, who was acquitted by
a court
of law convened by
the gods Athena
and Apollo.

Orestes kills
Aegisthus and then he alone goes to Clytemnestra's bed chamber
and kills her as well.
Aegisthus and ruled
Aegisthus took possession
of the throne
of Mycenae
and ruled jointly with
Thyestes.

Homer appears to know nothing
of all these tragic occurrences
, and we learn from him only that
, after
the death
of Thyestes, Aegisthus ruled as king at Mycenae
and took no part in
the Trojan expedition.
Aegisthus and Agamemnon's

In old versions
of the story:
" The scene
of the murder
, when it is specified
, is usually
the house
of Aegisthus, who has not taken up residence in
Agamemnon's palace
, and it involves an ambush
and the deaths
of Agamemnon's followers too ".

Seven or eight years after
the death
of Agamemnon
, Agamemnon's son Orestes returned to Mycenae
and, with
the help
of his cousin Pylades
and his sister Electra
, killed both their mother
, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus.

When King Agamemnon returns from
the Trojan War with
his new concubine
, Cassandra
, his wife
Clytemnestra ( who has taken
Agamemnon's cousin
Aegisthus as
a lover ) kills them.

Orestes explains that he has avenged
Agamemnon's death by killing Clytaemnestra
and Aegisthus.

Agamemnon arrives home
and is there murdered by
his wife
Clytemnestra and her lover
, Agamemnon's cousin
Aegisthus.
Aegisthus and kingdom

Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta
, while Agamemnon
, with
his brother's assistance
, drove
out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover
his father's
kingdom.

After
his return to Greece
, Orestes took possession
of his father's
kingdom of Mycenae
( killing
Aegisthus ' son
, Alete ) to which were added Argos
and Laconia.
Aegisthus and for
Aegisthus called
for Pelopia
, who told him how
the weapon had got to her.

She saved
his life by sending him to Strophius after
the murder
of Agamemnon
, whereas
Aegisthus killed her
own son
, taking him
for Orestes.

In The Eumenides
of Aeschylus
( 458 BC ),
the Areopagus is
the site
of the trial
of Orestes
for killing
his mother
( Clytemnestra )
and her lover
( Aegisthus ).

Set in
the city
of Argos
a few years after
the Trojan war
, it is based around
the character
of Electra
, and the vengeance that she
and her brother Orestes take on their mother
Clytemnestra and step
father Aegisthus for the murder
of their
father, Agamemnon.

Despite her appreciation
for her peasant husband
, Electra resents being cast
out of her house
and her mother's loyalty to
Aegisthus.

Orestes goes to
the ceremony
of the dead
, where
the angry souls are released by
Aegisthus for one day where they are allowed
out to roam
the town
and torment those who have wronged them.

In repudiating
the murders
of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Electra allows Zeus to determine her past
for her.

Unlike in Aeschylus ’ The Libation Bearers
, where
revenge is one
of the main themes throughout
the play
, Sartre ’ s Orestes does not kill
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra for vengeance or because it was
his destiny
, instead it is
for the sake
of the people
of Argos
, so that they may be freed from their enslavement.
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