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ID: 901001078
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001078
Record Type: Character/Person

Clytemnestra (Greek character)

Note: In Greek legend, a daughter of Leda and Tyndareus and wife of Agamemnon, commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. She took Aegisthus as her lover while Agamemnon was away at war.

Names:
Clytemnestra (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Clytaemnestra (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Clitemnestra (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
Clitennestra (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
Clytemnestre (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
Klitaimnestra (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
Klytemnestra (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
Κλυταιμήστρα (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)
Клітемнестра (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
克吕泰涅斯特拉 (Greek character) (Chinese,U,N)
クリュタイムネーストラー (Greek character) (Japanese,U,N)
클리타임네스트라 (Greek character) (Korean,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Clytemnestra (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
parent of .... Orestes, King of Argos
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character)) [901001077]
parent of .... Iphigenia
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Iphigenia (Greek character)) [901001951]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
ruler of .... Mycenae
.....(Argolís regional division, Pelopónnisos region, Greece, Europe) (TGN)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Clytemnestra (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014083797
Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Clytaemnestra (Greek character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94K122 Clytaemnestra kills Cassandra
Clitemnestra (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Clitennestra (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Clytemnestre (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Klitaimnestra (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Klytemnestra (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Κλυταιμήστρα (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Клітемнестра (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
克吕泰涅斯特拉 (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
クリュタイムネーストラー (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
클리타임네스트라 (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014083797
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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