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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.
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.
Orestes ( Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother. Background. In accordance with the advice of the god Apollo, Orestes has killed his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon at her hands.
In Greek mythology, Orestes ( / ɒˈrɛstiːz /; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oˈrestɛːs] "mountain dweller" derived either from orestias "of the mountains" or oresteros "mountainous" from oros "mountain") was the name of several figures, the most famous being Orestes, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra . Other figures named Orestes include:
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.
Orestes | Facts, Information, and Mythology. The only son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and brother of Chrysothemis, Laodice ( Electra ), and Iphianassa ( Iphigeneia ). 1.
Orestes (in classical Greek: Ὀρέστης), in Greek mythology, was the son of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and Queen Clytemnestra, and the younger brother of Iphigenia. Clitemnestra and her lover, Aegistus, killed Agamemnon as he was returning from the Trojan War.
Sep 26, 2023 · The name Orestes, derived from the Greek word “ὀρέστης,” is often interpreted as “mountain man” or “he who stands on the mountains,” a fitting moniker for someone whose life would be filled with monumental challenges and lofty moral dilemmas.
Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra. After Klytemnestra and Atreus killed Agamemnon, Orestes fled the kingdom with help from his sister Elektra. Later Orestes would return and with aid from Elektra they killed their mother and her lover Aegisthus.
