Greek mythology
Orestes
The son who avenged his father by killing his mother
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Agamemnon · Clytemnestra
- Group
- Mortal · Ruler
- Appears in
- Orestes · Iphigenia in Tauris
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Orestes is the son of Agamemnon, smuggled to safety after his mother Clytemnestra and her lover murder his father. Grown and commanded by Apollo, he returns to slay them both, avenging his father with his mother's blood. For matricide the Furies hound him to madness, until Athena's court at Athens acquits him and ends the curse on his house.
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- Who is Orestes?
- Orestes is the son of Agamemnon, smuggled to safety after his mother Clytemnestra and her lover murder his father. Grown and commanded by Apollo, he returns to slay them both, avenging his father with his mother's blood.
- Which mythology does Orestes belong to?
- Orestes belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Orestes appear in?
- Orestes appears in Orestes, Iphigenia in Tauris, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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