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ALL meanings of aegisthus

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  • noun aegisthus a cousin to and the murderer of Agamemnon, whose wife Clytemnestra he had seduced. He usurped the kingship of Mycenae until Orestes, Agamemnon's son, returned home and killed him 3
  • noun aegisthus the son of Thyestes and lover of Clytemnestra: he helps her to kill her husband, Agamemnon 3
  • noun aegisthus a cousin of Agamemnon who seduced Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, and was later killed by Orestes. 1
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