Feminism and the Role of Clytemnestra

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Agamemnon's actions led to his demise at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. While Aeschylus shows her as a strong woman who exacted revenge on her tyrannical husband, Homer minimizes her role and portrays her as weakly submitting to his domination. This paper discusses ancient Greek institutions and how they failed her. This paper has five pages and no sources are listed.