Gender roles in the Philoctetes

A big emphasis of the Philoctetes is on gender roles, and specifically how they are not always followed. Unlike Helen in the Iliad, who seemingly had no control over her destiny, and just went along with whatever happened, Clytemnestra took the exact opposite route. From as early as the beginning of the story, where she seemed to have more knowledge of current events than the Chorus, to the end of the story, where she took her destiny into her own hands, and avenged the death of her daughter, it looked like Clytemnestra was able to move away from the traditional "role" of a woman, which is typically someone that goes along with whatever men do and don't have any control themselves, and show that the exact opposite is possible, even though the outcome for her was deadly. Regardless of her death, she showed that women are still able to do things such as killing for retribution, which is something typically only done by men.