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Orestes

Syllabification: (O·res·tes)
Pronunciation: /ôˈrestēz/
Greek Mythology
Definition of Orestes
  • the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus to avenge the murder of Agamemnon.

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