"A far cry from the daughter of Tyndareus, Clytemnestra –
what outrage she committed, killing the man she married once! –
yes, and the song men sing of her will ring with loathing.
She brands with a foul name the breed of womankind,
even the honest ones to come!"
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 24, lines 219-223. Agamemnon’s ghost contrasts the honorable character of Penelope to that of Clytemnestra, who murdered her husband Agamemnon after he returned from the Trojan War. Clytemnestra’s name will always be loathed and is a stain on womanhood, he says. No honor or glory for Agamemnon’s wife!