This is a comment on what Issybird said in her previous comment concerning what is said, at least through Book 6, concerning Agamemnon's death, and what part Clytemnestra may have played in it. It may contain spoiler information relative to later books in the Odyssey.
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From Book 3 Verse ~ 270 Athena(disguised) speaking:
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Myself, I'd rather sail through years of trouble and labor home and see that blessed day, than hurry home to die at my own hearth like Agamemnon, killed by Aegisthus' cunning—by his own wife.
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And later in Book 3 Verse ~ 350 King Nestor speaking:
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But the eighth year ushered in his ruin, Prince Orestes home from Athens, yes, he cut him down, that cunning murderous Aegisthus, who'd killed his famous father. Vengeance done, he held a feast for Argives, to bury his hated mother, craven Aegisthus too, . . .
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So this is consistent with what I recall about Agamemnon's death, as a conspiracy between Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, with Clytemnestra actually doing the killing. I also recall that one reason that Clytemnestra was so receptive to Aegisthus, and to killing Agamemnon, was memory of Agamemnon sacrificing their own daughter before departing for Troy in the hope that this would assure success in the war. No mention on that in The Odyssey yet though.