Aegisthus

[ ee-jis-thuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Classical Mythology.

a cousin of Agamemnon who seduced Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, and was later killed by Orestes.

Aegisthus

/ iːˈdʒɪsθəs /

Greek myth 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

And how came false Aegisthus to kill so far better a man than himself?

Just then, came the suit of Aegisthus,—then, when every feeling was uprooted or lacerated in her heart.

The Aegisthus incident maintains the interest to the end in the masterly Sophoclean style of refined and searching irony.

They have stolen into the palace unobserved, and together they slay Aegisthus.

Aegisthus got this tutor out of the way and persuaded her to sin.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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