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Clytemnestra, the queen of Argos, the wife of the king Agamemnon, is the one of the central character of the play  “Agamemnon”  by  Aeschylus (525?-456 bc), an ancient Greek dramatist.  She rules Argos in his absence of her husband. She is very different from the typical women of her time and portrayed as a mixer of strength and weakness. She kills her husband Agamemnon to take revenge on him for his sacrifices of her daughter Iphigenia. She is, a sympathetic character in many respects, but the righteousness of her crime is tainted by her entanglement with Aegisthus. Now we will take a deeper look into the understanding of Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra’s most important characteristic is her male strength of heart. As the Elders of Argos, the Chorus comments:  “Madam, yours words are like a man’s, both wise and kind.” She is a strong woman, and her strength is evident on many occasions is the play. She after her murder of her husband, Agamemnon, and ...

Aeschylus's Agamemnon, the first play of the trilogy, calls our attention to a central concept of justice; Justice as revenge. From the killing of Agamemnon and Cassandra and also from the prophesy of Cassandra (that Clytemnestra will be killed due to her action) we find a clear concept of Justice. That Agamemnon is killed for his and his father's action and that Cassandra is killed for her betrayal to god, Apollo and Clytemnestra and Agisthus will be killed for killing Agamemnon and Cassandra are the acts of Justice. And justice is done in the form of revenge. The pre-Olympian religion equates ‘justice with vengeance’. Moreover there are ‘the Furies’, the three avenging deities, whose function is, as it is said: "… to punish three major sins: blasphemy against the gods; treachery to a host or guest, and the shedding of kindred blood." So those who commit above mentioned sins are worth to be punished. In the very beginning of the play, Agamemnon, the Ki...