Aegisthus
[i:'dʒisθәs]
Definition
(noun.) (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him.
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Examples
- Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Agamemnon could not be got to show in his classical tunic, but stood in the background with Aegisthus and others of the performers of the little play. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Aegisthus steals in pale and on tiptoe. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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