Can Agamemnon s murder be justified NU Or How would you justify Clytemnestra s murder of her husband Agamemnon Aeschylus BC in his tragedy Agamemnon BC presents the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra The act raises a great moral question Was it justice or cruelty The play itself gives mixed answers Revenge for Iphigenia Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to please Artemis This brutal act broke a mother s heart Clytemnestra never forgave him for the loss She thought killing him was justice for her murdered child Curse of the House The House of Atreus was cursed with endless crimes The past sins of Tantalus and Atreus demanded punishment Clytemnestra saw herself as an agent of divine revenge Thus Agamemnon s death seemed a step in the curse s cycle Cassandra says It s a house that hates gods Adultery and Ambition Clytemnestra s affair with Aegisthus also