person
Aegisthus
Lover of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon, slain in turn by Orestes in vengeance.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §2.20 son of Thyestes
Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, taken by Clytemnestra to avenge her husband's infidelities.
- The Heroides §8 Aegisthus
Murderer of Agamemnon, slain in vengeance by Orestes, who thus 'bloodied the house' a second time.
- The Cure for Love §5 Aegisthus
Lover of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon; Ovid makes idleness the cause of his adultery while the other Greeks fought at Troy.