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Title
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Von Clitemestra der künigin Micenaxum
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Description
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Clytemnestra, the queen of Mycenae, is depicted on the far-right side of the engraving wearing a crown. We know that this is Clytemnestra as her name is engraved beside her head. In front of Clytemnestra is the person she has been having an affair with: Aegisthus. His name is engraved beside his leg. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra, as explained by Boccaccio, had 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. As he struggled with the garment, the adulterer Aegisthus pierced Agamemnon with a sword (this is depicted on the right side of the engraving). Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sought to avenge his father’s death. He is depicted on the left side of the engraving, killing both his mother and Aegisthus. Orestes’ name is engraved behind his back.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:17992
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Source Name
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Hyenach volget der kurcz syn von ettlichen frauen von denen johannes boccacius in latein beschriben hat und doctor heinricus stainhöwel geteütschet [Following the short stories of several women of which Giovanni Boccaccio wrote in Latin, and doctor Heinrich Steinhöwel translated]
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Image
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Subject
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Agamemnon
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Important Women
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Important Queens
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Famous Women
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Infidelity
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Greek Mythology
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Clytemnestra
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