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I need the name of a Greek character in mythology who was killed by his girlfriend. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Agamemnon was killed by Clytemnestra. They were originally married, but while he was fighting in the Trojan war, she was sleeping with Aegisthus. When he came back, she killed him.

So, not necessarily a girlfriend, but. ^_~ Does that help?
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I thought about him, but Clytemnestra wasn't really his girlfriend and it just seems that there should be a murderous girlfriend SOMEWHERE that would better fit my purposes.

I will admit that Agememnon is currently the place-holder in my text until I find something better.
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Geez...there are so many bloodthirsty women in Greek Mythology, but none of them kill their husbands/boyfriends, per se...they just kill their husband's lovers, children, relatives, and pets. :P

Eg, Medea who killed Jason's children, new wife and father-in-law, but left Jason miserably alive.

OH, what about that island where there are only women because they killed all of the husbands? Lemnos, that's right. The island of Lemnos, where every single man was killed by his wife because of jealous rage. That could be one to check out.

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HERA. Doesn't kill Zeus, but daaamn. That's one spiteful wife.
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Well if my husband were as, shall we say, promiscuous as Zeus was, I'd probably be spiteful too. :)

What about the Danaides? 49 of them killed their husbands under their father's instruction.

I think the problem with your question is going to be that there aren't really too many boyfriend/girlfriend relationships in Greek Myth. Most couples are married: It seems like, for those who aren't, the woman always ends up killing herself in one way or another.

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