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Orestes
[aw-res-teez, oh-resā]
noun
Classical Mythology.Ģżthe 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.
(italics)Ģża tragedy (408 b.c.) by Euripides.
Orestes
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noun
Greek myth the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father
Orestes
In classical mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and brother of Electra. Agamemnon was killed by Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. To avenge the murder, Orestes and Electra killed them both.
Example Sentences
She teams up with her long lost brother Orestes in an attempt to seek vengeance.
In art, the image of the enraged woman often represents an ugly, almost talismanic evil: In Adolphe-William Bouguereauās 1862 painting āOrestes Pursued by the Furies,ā the women sneer, brandishing weapons at Orestes.
Still, it is a more balanced, effective production than āOrestes.ā
For Mr. Warlikowski, Thomasās protagonist shares a great deal in common with the mythological figure of Orestes.
In Ickeās āOresteia,ā 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.
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