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AEGISTHUS

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AEGISTHUS (noun)
  The noun AEGISTHUS has 1 sense:

1. (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 himplay

  Familiarity information: AEGISTHUS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


AEGISTHUS (noun)


Sense 1

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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mythical being (an imaginary being of myth or fable)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)


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