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Orestes: Meaning and Definition of

O•res•tes

Pronunciation: (ô-res'tēz, ō-res'-), [key]
— n.
  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. (italics) a tragedy (408 b.c.) by Euripides.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
Oresteia* Orestes complex
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