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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 ...