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AEGISTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)