In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (/ɒˈrɛstiːz/; Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra...
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Orestes was played by Andrew Pleavin in the 2001 miniseries Attila, which depicts his time in service of the Hunnic king. The character of Orestes was...
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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...
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Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology. Orestes or Orestis may also refer to: Orestes (Greek myth), other figures in Greek...
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Orestes Pursued by the Furies is an event from Greek mythology that is a recurring theme in art depicting Orestes. In the Iliad, the king of Argos, Agamemnon...
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Pylades (section Orestes and Pylades)
He is mostly known for his relationship with his cousin Orestes, son of Agamemnon. Orestes had been sent to Phocis during his mother Clytemnestra's affair...
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Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Oréstēs), was king of Macedonia and son of Archelaus I He reigned from 400/399 to 398/7 BC, when his guardian (epitropos)...
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Then Orestes had Hierax tortured in public in a theatre. This order had two aims: the first was to quell the riot, the other to mark Orestes' authority...
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Navy have carried the name HMS Orestes, after the mythical son of Agamemnon, who avenged his father's murder: HMS Orestes (1781) was a Dutch-built brig-sloop...
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of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification...
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