How does Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon according to the Iliad?

Question

It's mentioned that she kills him, but is it written anywhere (even in other books) how he actually dies?

Answer 1

According to the account given by Pindar and the tragedians, Agamemnon was slain by his wife alone in a bath, a piece of cloth or a net having first been thrown over him to prevent resistance. According to Aeschylus, Clytemnestra placed a piece of purple cloth and asked the returning Agamemnon to step over it. He refused at first but then gave in, while Cassandra, who had been endowed with the gift of prophecy but with the curse of no one believing her, waited outside, knowing doom awaited. She stayed outside until she heard Agamemnon scream as he died, then ran inside and was killed by Clytemnestra.

Here are some of the excerpts from other books describing how Agamemnon was killed:

1. ". . . as he [Agamemnon] was stepping from the bath, on its very edge, she [Clytaemnestra] threw a cloak like a tent over it, fettered her husband in an embroidered robe, and cut him down."

2. "After Agamemnon had returned to Mycenae with Cassandra, he was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra; for she gave him a shirt without sleeves and without a neck, and while he was putting it on he was cut down by Aegisthus."

3. "Clytaemnestra heard from Oeax, brother of Palamedes, that Cassandra was being brought as a concubine to her house, a false statement Oeax made in order to avenge the wrong done to his brother. Then Clytaemnestra, together with Aegisthus planned to kill Agamemnon and Cassandra. They killed him with an axe as he was sacrificing, and Cassandra, too."

Answer 2

Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology, queen of Mycenae, wife of Agamemnon, and the daughter of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and his wife Leda. She bore Agamemnon four children: Electra, Iphigenia, Orestes, and Chrysothemis. After Agamemnon sacrificed Iphigenia so that his ships could set sail for Troy, Clytemnestra's love for her husband turned to hatred; while he led the Greek forces in the Trojan War, she took Aegisthus as her lover. When Agamemnon returned in triumph with the Trojan princess Cassandra, Clytemnestra sought revenge for the death of Iphigenia, and, with the help of Aegisthus, she killed both her husband and his Trojan mistress by slaying them in thier sleep. She and her lover ruled for seven years until they were both slain by Orestes, who had been commanded by the god Apollo to avenge the death of his father.

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Answer 3

There is nothing in the Iliad about that.

And there are a lot of stories about exactly how she killed him. One not mentioned above is that she gave him a ritual welcoming bath when he came home from Troy, tied knots in the ends of his bathrobe sleeves, and while he was struggling to free his hands she killed him with a Cretan double axe.

Answer 4

Death Of Agamemnon

Answer 5

read Electra...you'll also find out how Clytemnestra dies

Answer 6

In bed she poisons him.