#imagining that Iphigenia's marriage to Achilles is what Agamemnon traded for the winds to sail them to Troy
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Clytemnestra again mentions the curse of the House of Atreus in this chapter, reassuring herself that it ended when Agamemnon spared Aegisthus and how the stories will remain just stories for the rest of her children's lives. And then she watches Agamemnon sacrifice Iphigenia at Aulis
#please feel free to ignore this#I'm reading Elektra#The way Jennifer Saint describes the events leading up to it and Clytemnestra's growing dread vs. her desire to assuage her daughter's fear#Clytemnestra says 'I did not like the idea of Agamemnon bargaining our daughter to the immortals in this way'#imagining that Iphigenia's marriage to Achilles is what Agamemnon traded for the winds to sail them to Troy#Sorry Clytemnestra it's actually worse!
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