Clytemnestra name - Meaning of Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra name - Meaning of Clytemnestra

Gender

Feminine

Lucky Number

11

Usage

Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Pronounced

klie-təm-NES-trə (English)

Clytemnestra Meaning

Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra) , from κλυτος (klytos) "famous, noble" and μνηστρια (mnestria) "courter, wooer". In Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon and the mother of Orestes and Electra. While her husband was away during the Trojan War she took a lover, and upon his return she had him murdered. She was subsequently killed by Orestes.