Cy sensuit histoire de clitemestre royne de micene · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Cy sensuit histoire de clitemestre royne de micene
Subject: Agamemnon; Aegisthus; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Infidelity; Greek Mythology; Clytemnestra
Period: 1400-1450;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Mycenae
Description: Queen Clytemnestra of Mycenae is depicted on the left side of the illumination wearing a crown and a green dress. The man she has been having an affair with, Aegisthus, is depicted holding a sword above his head. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra conjured a plan to kill Clytemnestra’s husband, King Agamemnon, in order to gain control of Mycenae. Clytemnestra gave Agamemnon a piece of clothing that had no neck hole. He is depicted putting his head into the garment in the centre of the image. As he struggled with the clothing, the adulterer Aegisthus pierced Agamemnon with a sword. An unknown man in a white garment is illustrated hitting Agamemnon above the head with a club.
Image Creator: Master of Boethius (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:19922
Language: frm
Source Name: Des cleres et nobles femmes, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation
Parent Collection: 1410 Paris; 1410 Paris
Image: mta_19922_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Agamemnon; Aegisthus; Important Women; Famous Women; Important Queens; Infidelity; Greek Mythology; Clytemnestra