Agamemnon and His Daughters, adapted from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides by Kenneth Cavander. Directed by Molly Smith. Approximately three hours.

When Aegisthus bends Clytemnestra backward over the throne to urge her to take up the ax and kill Agamemnon, the large, gold weapon on the floor seems to mold to her grasp.

There may be no better example of the costs of the cycle of revenge than Aeschylus’ Oresteia. It’s the tale of how Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus killed her husband Agamemnon, king of Argos, ...

Clytemnestra and Aegisthus ruled Argos while Agamemnon was at Troy, where the war went on for ten years. The Greeks captured and looted the city, divided the treasure and sailed for home.

Starting with the bare bones of the Agamemnon and Clytemnestra story, Noon, DeWan, and the ensemble have created a contemporary first lady's-eye view of what really went down in that royal household.

Clytemnestra’s hubby, Agamemnon (Hugo Armstrong), ostensibly burned their daughter as a propitiatory offering to the gods--but his real motive was to “spin” the unpopular Trojan conflict to ...

King Agamemnon tricks his wife, Clytemnestra, into bringing their daughter to be sacrificed to the goddess Artemis in exchange for favorable winds so his troops can set sail for Troy.

FOR a man who was supposedly one of the most distinguished of the Greek heroes, Agamemnon took a back seat to his wife, Clytemnestra, who commanded the stage in this atmospheric production at the ...

Clytemnestra is often portrayed as a side character or villain in Greek mythology, but in this novel she takes the center stage.