ICONOGRAFIA OPERISTICA ITALIANA: Agamennone, Egisto

Speranza

The Murder of Agamemnon

Bronze shield-band. (Transcript on right). Clytemnestra stabs Agamemnon in the back as Aegisthus grips him around the neck

Terracotta Plaque. Agamemnon sits on a throne and holds a spear across his chest. Aegisthus holds down his head and grasps the spear, while Clytemnestra plunges a dagger into his chest.