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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 /; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and ...
Orestes asks the slave why he should spare his life, and the slave supplicates himself before Orestes. Orestes is won over by the Phrygian’s argument that, like free men, slaves prefer the light of day to death. Menelaus then enters leading to a standoff between him and Orestes, Electra, and Pylades, who have successfully captured Hermione.
Orestes is a town in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson metropolitan statistical area . The population was 329 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] down from 414 in 2010 .
The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder 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 of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).
Orestes (Philebus) – the play's major protagonist, he is the brother of Electra and the son of Agamemnon. ... The production ran at the Théâtre de la Cité. [11]
Orestes Brownson (1803–1876), American publisher; Orestes Caviglia (1893–1971), Argentine film director and actor; Orestes A. Crowell (1872–1967), American politician; Orestes Destrade (born 1962), American baseball player; Orestes Garrison (1813–1874), American politician; Orestes Junior Alves (born 1981), Brazilian soccer player
Orestes, son of river god Achelous and princess Perimede, daughter of King Aeolus of Thessaly. He was the brother of Hippodamas. [3] Orestes, a Greek warrior slain by Hector and Ares during the Trojan War. [4] Orestes, a Trojan soldier who attacked the Achaean wall together with Asius and was killed by Leonteus, a Lapith leader. [5]
Orestes draegeri is a very slender and elongated species with relatively short legs. It is very similar in appearance to Orestes mouhotii , from which it differs in its relatively shorter legs. Males are approximately 40.0 to 41.2 millimetres (1.57 to 1.62 in) long.