Chrysothemis

Mortal daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; the first-named of the three daughters Agamemnon offers Achilles in Iliad 9. In Sophocles's Electra she is the prudent, submissive sister — the dramatic foil to Electra, declining to join the vengeance she fears. Sister of Iphigenia, Electra, and Orestes. Authored mortal: a scion father and mortal mother.

Parentage

• paternal: Agamemnon
• maternal: Clytemnestra

Domains

• prudence

Relations

• sibling: IphigeniaHom. Il. 9.145; Apollod. Epit. 2.16 (primary)
• sibling: ElectraSoph. El. 157, 328-471 (primary)
• sibling: OrestesSoph. El.; Apollod. Epit. 2.16 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Homer Iliad 9.145, 9.287; Sophocles Electra 157, 328-471, 871-1057; Apollodorus Epitome 2.16 (primary)
• parentage: Hom. Il. 9.145; Apollod. Epit. 2.16 (daughter of Agamemnon) (primary)