Orestes
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Classical Mythology. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
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(italics) a tragedy (408 b.c.) by Euripides.
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The matricide trial of Orestes, portrayed as a shining moment for Athens by Aeschylus in “The Oresteia,” becomes a nihilistic farce in the hands of Euripides.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Migrant life is hard, said Orestes Gómez, a Venezeulan-born percussionist who tours with Rawayana.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
In Icke’s “Oresteia,” mirroring the violence is never the intention; we encounter the war only through the perspective of the family, more precisely through Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2022
Diving into the still, turquoise waters has helped revive many depressed by the months of isolation, said master´s swim club member Orestes Quintana.
From Reuters • Feb. 9, 2022
Orestes and Pylades were to go to the palace claiming to be the bearers of a message that Orestes had died.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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