Discuss the portrayal of women in The Agamemnon

In The Agamemnon women are portrayed as strong and powerful. Clytaemestra rules Argos which she calls 'my city' while her husband Agamemnon is away at Troy, and the Chorus of Argive Elders show her 'reverence'. She manages to persuade Agamemnon to 'give way' and walk on the tapestry she spreads out for him showing she has power over him and in the end her 'strength of heart' leads to her being able to 'strike' Agamemnon …

…Funeral Oration he says the best women are 'least talked about by men' and in this respect most of the women in The Agamemnon perform gender transgressions as they are all talked about by men. Clytaemestra kills her husband, Helen causes the war at Troy, Iphigenia is a 'sacrifice' and Cassandra is murdered. After all the fact that they are characters in a play means they will be acted by, and talked about by men.