![]() Clytemnestra is a masterpiece of justified rage on the protagonist's part, and a subtly subversive revision of a story many readers know from a different perspective. Aeschylus, Homer and Euripides generally portray Clytemnestra in a negative light, but Casati's reframing-from her title character's point of view-emphasizes the difficult circumstances that challenged a strong-willed woman in a time and place that did not reward such a quality. ![]() Costanza Casati's debut, Clytemnestra, is a dynamic retelling of the story of the much-maligned Spartan princess, sister of Helen, queen of Mycenae, mother of Iphigenia, Electra and Orestes (and others). ![]() "Kings are brilliant / mighty / godlike // Queens are deadly / shameless / accursed." Such has been the literary fate of Clytemnestra-adulteress, wife and murderer of Agamemnon in the Ancient Greek canon. ![]()
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