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Bookmark or Share- Orestes | Aegisthus, Clytemnestra & Electra | BritannicaOrestes, in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father returned from Troy to meet his death at the hands of Aegisthus, his wife’s lover. On reaching manhood, Orestes avenged his father by killing.
- Orestes | Avenger of Agamemnon's Legacy in Greek Mythology - OlympioiAt the heart of Orestes’ tale is the act of matricide, a divine mandate from Apollo to avenge his father, Agamemnon’s murder. With the aid of his sister Electra, Orestes executes vengeance upon his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
- Orestes | King of Argos - Greek MythologyOrestes (in classical Greek: Ὀρέστης), in Greek mythology, was the son of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and Queen Clytemnestra, and the younger brother of Iphigenia. Clitemnestra and her lover, Aegistus, killed Agamemnon as he was returning from the Trojan War.
- Orestes Summary and Study Guide | SuperSummaryOrestes is an ancient Athenian tragedy by Euripides. It was first presented in 408 BC at Athens’s Great Dionysian Festival. The play treats a familiar piece of Trojan War mythology: Returning home after the war is over, Agamemnon is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. Orestes is Clytemnestra and Agamemnon’s son.
- Oresteia by Aeschylus - Greek MythologyOresteia by Aeschylus (comprised of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers and Eumenides) is the only Ancient Greek trilogy to have survived to this day.
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