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In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (/ ɒ ˈ r ɛ s t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness, revenge, and purification, which retain obscure threads of much ...
Electra and Orestes, plays by Adrienne Kennedy, 1972; Electra (1974) a play by Robert Montgomery, directed by Joseph Chaikin; Electra, 1995 drama by Danilo Kiš; Electricidad, 2004 play by Luis Alfaro, modern adaptation of Electra based in the Chicano barrio; Electra/Orestes, 2015 play by Jada Alberts and Anne-Louise Sarks
Despite Apollo's earlier prophecy, Orestes finds himself tormented by Erinyes or Furies to the blood guilt stemming from his matricide. The only person capable of calming Orestes down from his madness is his sister Electra. To complicate matters further, a leading political faction of Argos wants to put Orestes to death for the murder.
Her death then leads to the trial of Orestes by a jury composed of Athena and 12 Athenians in the final play. Her role is the largest in any surviving Greek tragedy. [11] In Mourning Becomes Electra, Eugene O'Neill's retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus, Clytemnestra is renamed Christine Mannon.
Orestes, goaded by his sister Electra, murders Clytemnestra in order to exact revenge for her killing his father. [40] Orestes is said to be the end of the curse of the House of Atreus. The curse holds a major part in the Oresteia and is mentioned in it multiple times, showing that many of the characters are very aware of the curse's existence ...
Orestes arrives with his friend Pylades, son of Strophius, and a pedagogue, i.e. tutor (an old attendant of Orestes, who took him from Electra to Strophius). They plan to have the tutor announce that Orestes has died in a chariot race and that two men (really Orestes and Pylades) are arriving shortly to deliver an urn with his remains.
Orestes (Philebus) – the play's major protagonist, he is the brother of Electra and the son of Agamemnon. Electra – the sister of Orestes and the daughter of Agamemnon. Agamemnon – the former king of Argos and the father of Orestes and Electra, Agamemnon was murdered by Aegisthus prior to the story's onset.
One is a 2.1m high Hellenistic sculpture, once thought to depict Orestes and Electra.It shows a heavily draped adult female on the right, looking down on and apparently beckoning a partially nude younger male or child, who looks up at her.