Introduction: Foundations of western culture, re-collecting Klytemnestra

The classical Klytemnestra

Klytemnestra takes center stage : Klytemnestra in the pre- and early 1980s

Klytemnestra in the mid- to late 1980s

The fate of Klytemnestra in the 1990s : upstaged by her daughters

Conclusion: The issues for women re-visionists; trauma, violence, and a new gender dialogic for Klytemnestra at the end of the millennium.