ORESTES Definition & Meaning

Orestes

[ aw-res-teez, oh-res‑ ]

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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.
(italics) a tragedy (408 b.c.) by Euripides.

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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.

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She teams up with her long lost brother Orestes in an attempt to seek vengeance.

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In art, the image of the enraged woman often represents an ugly, almost talismanic evil: In Adolphe-William Bouguereau’s 1862 painting “Orestes Pursued by the Furies,” the women sneer, brandishing weapons at Orestes.

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Still, it is a more balanced, effective production than “Orestes.”

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For Mr. Warlikowski, Thomas’s protagonist shares a great deal in common with the mythological figure of Orestes.

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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.

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