Klytaimnestra

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Klytaimnestra was the wife of king Agamemnon and thus the queen of Mycenae in Greek mythology. The daughter of King Tyndareus and Queen Leda of Sparta, Klytaimnestra was also the mother of Iphigenia and Orestes.

When her husband returned from the Trojan War, Klytaimnestra who was unhappy with his apparent sacrifice of their daughter to appease the gods. She either killed him while he bathed, or had her lover, the king's cousin Aigisthos kill him at his homecoming banquet.

Klytaimnestra bore a battleaxe which she later passed on to her daughter, and which eventually was claimed by the misthios Kassandra after she'd slain Iphigenia within her compound in the simulation of Elysium.

Trivia

• Klytaimnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) is an Ancient Greek name either meaning "famed for her suitors" derived from μνάoμαι (mnáomai) "woo, court" or meaning "famous plotter" derived from κλῠτός (klutós) "celebrated" and μήδομαι (mḗdomai) "to plan, be cunning".

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  • The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium (mentioned only)
  • Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece (mentioned only)