In mythology, sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon, and mother of Orestes and Electra. She kills Agamemnon, with the help of her paramour Aigisthos, and is in turn killed by Orestes; the former scene is shown in art but she may attend Aigisthos' slaying. Her weapon is an axe.
Above: Klytaimnestra at the death of Aigisthos. Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase about 500-450 BC. Boston Museum of Fine Arts 1863.1246. © Boston Museum of Fine Arts
