Orestes (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
  2. a tragedy (408 b.c.) by Euripides.
noun
  1. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father
Orestes (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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