This is a retelling of the myth of Clytemnestra, Helen of Troy’s sister who was married to the brutish king of Mycenae Agamemnon. Clytemnestra was married with a child when Agamemnon first set his sights on her. He killed her husband and son and claimed her for his wife. Naturally she hated his guts, but she had several children with him.
When her sister Helen took off with Paris of Troy her husband Meneleus swore he’d retrieve her. His brother Agamemnon and an entire army of Greeks went off to lay siege to Troy to return Helen to her ‘rightful place’ in Sparta.
Clytemnestra was a formidable queen in her own right, she was the daughter of the king of Sparta and Leda. As a daughter of Sparta, she was brought up as a warrior, which Agamemnon didn’t like – he liked to belittle her. Of course she never forgave him for slaughtering her first husband and son. And then he sacrificed their own daughter Iphigenia to the goddess for favourable winds so they could sail on to Troy… he really did it!
This was an excellent read!
Read for the Read Between the Lines Reading Challenge 2024.
Prompt 31: A Book You Meant to Read Last Year.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
