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Clytemnestra is a 90-minute ballet choreographed by Martha Graham. It premiered on April 1, 1958, at the Adelphi Theatre in New York with music composed by Halim El-Dabh and sets designed by Isamu Noguchi. Following Cave of the Heart, Errand into the Maze, and Night Journey, Clytemnestra continued Graham's series of choreography inspired by Greek mythology.
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Clytemnestra was also the sister of Castor, Pollux, and Helen of Troy. In most variants of the myth, Clytemnestra and Castor are the mortal twin children of Leda and her husband Tyndareus, while Pollux (Polydeukes in Greek) and Helen are the half-divine twin offspring of Leda and the god Zeus.
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Clytemnestra Sutpen is a character in William Faulkner's book "Absalom, Absalom!" - she is called Clytie.
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