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Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod – Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC. In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (/ ɒ ˈ r ɛ s t iː z /; Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and the ...
Orestes, in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father returned from Troy to meet his death at the hands of Aegisthus, his wife’s lover.
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May 29, 2018 · In Greek mythology, Orestes was the prince who avenged the murder of his father, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, by killing his own mother, Clytemnestra. Orestes' sisters Iphigenia and Electra play important roles in his story.
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Orestes. In Greek mythology, Orestes was the prince who avenged the murder of his father, King Agamemnon of Mycenae, by killing his own mother, Clytemnestra. Orestes' sisters Iphigenia and Electra play important roles in his story.
Learn about Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who avenged his father's murder and inherited his kingdom. Read his adventures, trials, and death in Greek mythology.
Sep 26, 2023 · Learn about Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who avenged his father's murder and faced the wrath of the Furies. Explore his myths, family, relationships, and depictions in art and literature.
Oresteia, trilogy of tragic dramas by the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, first performed in 458 bce. It is his last work and the only complete trilogy of Greek dramas that has survived. The Oresteia tells the story of the house of Atreus. The first play, Agamemnon, portrays the victorious.
