CLYTEMNESTRA

The scarf depicts the assassination of Agamemnon after his return from war by his wife Clytemnestra .The murder of Cassandra, Agamemnon's new concubine and a princess of Troy (the woman on the right with her hands tied behind her back).The pacification of the Greek population, the courtship of Clytemenstra and Aegisthus and the exile of Electra and Orestes the remaining Agamemnon's children.

Hoofs to horses, teeth to lions, Horns to bulls, and speed to hares, To the fish the waters. To the birds the airs, To men courage. And brazen spears. What was left to give to woman, All gifts thus given ?

Ah, tears.Smiles, and kisses, whispers, glances, And with these she shatters lances, And in triumph drags the world