What Does the Name Clytemnestra Mean
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Clytemnestra Name Meaning
Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra), from κλυτος (klytos) "famous, noble" and μνηστηρ (mnester) "courter, wooer". In Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon...
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