# Aegisthus — Electra character guide

> Aegisthus in Electra by Sophocles.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** King Aegisthus, Aegisthus Alas

**First appearance:** 0002-electra

## Who they are

Clytemnestra's lover and co-ruler, complicit in Agamemnon's murder.

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