![]() ![]() ![]() Both sisters are often maligned for their actions leading up to, during, and after the Trojan War. Remembered for her role as villainess to her own children in Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Klytemnestra has become a symbol for womanly rage and vengeful mothers. ![]() Helen of Troy’s sister Klytemnestra, sometimes spelled Clytemnestra, is less popular but just as controversial. Her illicit relationship with Paris, a Trojan prince who falls in love with her even though she’s a married woman, is often regarded as one of the most well-known romances in literature, up there in notability with Romeo and Juliet in terms of star-crossed lovers. Immortalized by the Iliad and since portrayed in television, films, and books, Helen is often seen as a representation of the bored unfaithful wife and a selfish woman. ![]() The legend of Helen of Troy is a well-known one. Vivian Nguyen ‘25 / Emertainment Monthly Staff Writer ![]()
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