Robert Fagles' description of Clytemnestra as a "female Odysseus" who is "diabolic yet strangely touching" and "has the right of retaliation on her side" is strangely accurate to some degree. The analogy of Clytemnestra and Odysseus is a flawless comparison. Both of these characters possess the trait of guile. In the case of Odysseus, he disguises as a beggar, deceiving the suitors of his real identity, to find the perfect time to attack the suitors, killing all by surprise. Clytemnestra connives the death of Agamemnon for years. When he returns from Troy, Agamemnon is killed by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. Clytemnestra's intriguing of her husband's death for years before his return in order to murder Agamemnon successfully is because of her