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Clytemnestra
Girl NameGreek Mythology Origin
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Latinized form of Greek Κλυταιμνηστρα (Klytaimnestra), from κλυτος (klytos) "famous, noble" and μνησ
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Clytemnestra (; , Klytaimnḗstrā, ), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the sister of Helen of Troy.
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