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Saturday, June 30, 2012

ICONOGRAFIA OPERISTICA ITALIANA: Agamennone, Egisto

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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.

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