... right image for Clytemnestra's relationship to her husband and children. Therefore, the viper ends up attacking her mate, king Agamemnon, and in turn is attacked by her children Orestes and Electra. In reality, these images imply that Clytemnestra acts as an enemy and not as a member of the family. Therefore, these actions, exempts her from being protected by the ties of ... son and not the son of Clytemnestra. This is because Cilissa took care of Orestes as a baby and still takes care of him, emotionally, as an adult. Both Orestes and Electra agrees that Clytemnestra was neither a wife...

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