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aletes
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents. -
clytemnestra
the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War -
electra
the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus -
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orestes
Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.