The Bond of Consanguinity between Mother and Daughter: <i>Agamemnon</i> 1417–1418 and 1525

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  • Giulia Maria Chesi

Abstract

Clytemnestra’s claim of the unique force of the mother-daughter bond is meant to justify her murder of Agamemnon, but it simultaneously reveals the contradictoriness of her position as wife as well as mother.

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2014-06-29

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