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Betrayal, revenge, murder.

These themes are not new.

They're as old as human nature itself.

In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra killed her husband,

Agamemnon in a cold-blooded act of vengeance rooted in betrayal and anger.

Agamemnon had committed an unforgivable sin.

To ensure favorable wins for his fleet during the Trojan War,

he sacrificed their daughter, Iphigenah, to the gods.

The pain of losing her child burned within Clytemnestra, festering over the years,

Agamemnon was away at war, but betrayal cuts both ways.

While Agamemnon fought for glory in Troy, Clytemnestra found solace and an ally in his cousin,

Ajustice. Together, they plotted his demise.

When Agamemnon returned, triumphant and unsuspecting, Clytemnestra welcomed him with open arms.

She laid out crimson tapestries for him to walk upon, a symbol of both his hubris and his impending doom.

That night, as he bathed, she struck, delivering the ultimate act

of vengeance. Some say it was a blade, others, an axe. Either way, her husband, the king, was dead.

Clytemnestra's motives were complex, a mix of fury, grief, and ambition.

Was she a grieving mother exacting justice?

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