Clytemnestra

quoted 18 times by 4 works · as a person

also in the atlas: Clytemnestra the figure

Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.

13 quoted · 5 reported

16 neutral 2 refuted

in the voice of Electra 4 , Achilles 2 , Agamemnon 2 , Chorus 2 , Chrysothemis 2 , Iphigenia 2 , Orestes 2 , Chorus Leader 1 , Clytemnestra 1

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4 works

in the voice of Orestes
Electra Euripides 6 neutral 2 refuted 8 citations · 45 passages

electra 45 passages anchored here

A stichomythic exchange in which Electra presses Orestes to kill Clytemnestra despite his doubts about Apollo's oracle.

you passed through agony, hearing the mournful wail of the mother that bore you.

electra ¶
in the voice of Agamemnon
Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides 6 neutral 6 citations · 99 passages

iphigenia in aulis 99 passages anchored here

Agamemnon speaks the letter's contents aloud to the Old Man, a direct quotation of the message meant to reverse his earlier summons.

Daughter of Leda, in addition to my first letter, I am sending you word —.

iphigenia in aulis ¶
in the voice of Chrysothemis
Electra Sophocles 3 neutral 3 citations · 12 passages

electra 12 passages anchored here

The threatened punishment is conveyed by Chrysothemis as household policy.

Chrysothemis:

electra ¶
in the voice of Chorus
Orestes Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation

orestes

The Chorus recounts Clytemnestra's speech to Orestes at the moment of the matricide, a clear instance of reported speech within the ode.

My son, this is unholy, your bold attempt upon your mother’s life;

orestes ¶

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refuted: argued against
extended: developed or continued
endorsed: agreed with
roman: the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
italic: named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
¶: the passage in this text that does the citing
7: beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.