ay) and explains that because she broke her word to Apollo, he placed a curse on her: although she would remain a prophetess, no one would ever believe her. Cassandra also envisions her own murder. She then goes into the palace after having asked the gods to give her a painless death. Clymenestra kills Agamemnon and Cassandra, avenging the death of her daughter. The old men of Argos chastise her for killing the king. The chorus blames Helen, Clymenestras twin sister, for starting this war. Lamentation for Agamemnon continues regardless of Clymenestras claim that his death was justice, for it was her obligation to avenge Iphigenias death. Aegisthus, her accomplice, justifies their plot as rightful vengeance for Atreus (Agamemnons father) wrongs against Thyestes, Aegisthus father. The play ends as the chorus condemns Aegisthus and clings to the hope that Orestes will return to Sparta to avenge his fathers murder....
