1. (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Aegisthus
n 1: (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer
of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until
Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him