The story of Orestes was the subject of the Oresteia of Aeschylus ( Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides ), of the Electra of Sophocles, and of the Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigenia at Aulis ( in which he appears as an infant carried by Clytemnestra ), and Orestes, of Euripides.

As Aeschylus tells it, the punishment ended there, but according to Euripides, in order to escape the persecutions of the Erinyes, Orestes was ordered by Apollo to go to Tauris, carry off the statue of Artemis which had fallen from heaven, and to bring it to Athens.

According to Aeschylus, Orestes saw Electra's face before the tomb of Agamemnon, where both had gone to perform rites to the dead ; a recognition took place, and they arranged how Orestes should accomplish his revenge.

Extant plays by Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides on the tale of Orestes and Electra do not include her as a character.

Regardless, Pylades is far more than Orestes ' silent companion in Aeschylus ' The Libation Bearers.

Tired of the bloodshed, the gods exonerated Orestes and declared this the end of the curse on the house of Atreus, as described in Aeschylus ' play The Eumenides.

The classic example – Orestes – belongs to tragedy, but the procedure given by Aeschylus is ancient: the blood of a sacrificed piglet is allowed to wash over the blood-polluted man, and running water washes away the blood.

In The Eumenides of Aeschylus ( 458 BC ), the Areopagus is the site of the trial of Orestes for killing his mother ( Clytemnestra ) and her lover ( Aegisthus ).

The Libation Bearers is the English title of the center tragedy from the Orestes Trilogy of Aeschylus, in reference to the offerings Electra brings to the tomb of her dead father Agamemnon.

* Orestes, the character in Aeschylus ' trilogy of tragedies, Oresteia

He was selected by Terence Gray to appear in the opening production in November 1926 at the Festival Theatre, taking the part of Orestes in two parts of the sensational production of the Oresteia of Aeschylus.

The enduring popularity of Aeschylus ' Oresteia trilogy ( produced in 458 BC ) is evident in Euripides ' construction of the recognition scene between Orestes and Electra.

Unlike in Aeschylus ’ The Libation Bearers, where revenge is one of the main themes throughout the play, Sartre ’ s Orestes does not kill Aegisthus and Clytemnestra for vengeance or because it was his destiny, instead it is for the sake of the people of Argos, so that they may be freed from their enslavement.

In the chronology of events following Orestes, this play takes place after the events contained in plays such as Electra by Euripides or The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, and before events contained in plays like The Eumenides by Aeschylus and Andromache by Euripides.

He is also accused of murdering his first wife and son so that he could marry the wealthy and beautiful Aurelia Orestilla, daughter of the Consul of 71 BC, Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes.

Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priest esses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod-Paestan Red-figure pottery | red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC

Orestes, Elektra, and Pylades at the tomb of Agamemnon-Campanian Red-figure pottery | red-figure hydria, c. 330 BC

Murder of Aegisthus by Orestes and Pylades-red-figure Apulian oinochoe ( wine jug ), c. 430-300 BC

Orestes ( mythology ) | Orestes, Electra and Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon, lucania n red-figure pelike, circa | c. 380 – 370 BC, Louvre ( K 544 )

) In 103 BC, the Germans still did not emerge from Hispania, and conveniently Marius's colleague ( L. Aurelius Orestes, son of C. Gracchus's commander in Sardinia in 126 BC – 124 BC ) died, so Marius had to return to Rome to oversee the elections, being re-elected for 102 BC.

Spartan swordsman in bronze, applique originally part of a relief decorating a piece of furniture, 550 – 25 BC, probably showing Orestes on the verge of matricideA continuing supply of cultivated luxuries was dearly purchased in blood and toil by Tyrtaeus's generation during a second war against the Messenians and was enjoyed less and less by later generations, who maintained their dominance over the Messenians only by submitting to a life of rigorous military discipline.

* Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, consul 71 BC

* Orestes ( / Orestes ) of 408 BC ;

Written between 408, after the Orestes, and 406 BC, the year of Euripides's death, the play was first produced the following year in a trilogy with The Bacchae and Alcmaeon in Corinth by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won the first place at the Athenian city Dionysia.

* Lucius Aurelius L. f. L. n. Orestes, consul in 157 BC.

* Lucius Aurelius L. f. L. n. Orestes, consul in 126 BC, triumphed over the Sardinians.

* Lucius Aurelius L. f. L. n. Orestes, consul in 103 BC.

* Gnaeus Aurelius Orestes, praetor urbanus in 77 BC, one of whose decisions was annulled upon appeal by the consul Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus.

* Gnaeus Aurelius Orestes, adopted into the gens Aufidia as Gnaeus Aufidius Orestes, consul in 71 BC.

Therefore this play must be brought out later than 408 BC, the year in which the Orestes was exhibited.

Orestes and Pylades carry out the revenge, and consequently Orestes is pursued by the Erinyes ( Furies, female personifications of vengeance ).

He was Pylades to William Charles Macready's Orestes in Ambrose Philips's Distressed Mother when Macready made his first appearance at that theatre ( 1816 ).

At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Orestes ( or, less frequently, year 683 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Orestes ( or, less frequently, year 651 Ab urbe condita ).

Following Nepos ' departure, Orestes enthroned his own teenage son as the new Western Emperor, in the same year, with the regnal name Romulus Augustus ; the second element is often used in the diminutive " Augustulus " ( little Augustus ).

* Flavius Orestes, Roman aristocrat, is sent to Attila's court and becomes a high-ranking secretary ( notarius ).

At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Orestes ( or, less frequently, year 628 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Orestes ( or, less frequently, year 597 Ab urbe condita ).

Pylades and Orestes killed Clytemnestra and Aegisthus ( in some accounts with Electra helping ).

When they were young, their parents were killed by Orestes, who was their half-brother and the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon ( this was in revenge for Clytemnestra killing Agamemnon, which she did in revenge for Agamemnon killing their daughter Iphigenia ).

According to Greek mythology, Orestes, son of king Agamemnon, built this city as Orestias, at the confluence of the Tonsus ( Toundja ) and the Ardiscus ( Arda ) with the Hebrus ( Maritza ).

His brothers were named Orestes ( 1868 ), Sanadius ( 1870 ), Wyoming ( 1875 ), and Roy ( 1881 ).

He is the only resident playwright of the theatre ensemble SITI Company, for whom he wrote Orestes, bobrauschenbergamerica, Hotel Cassiopeia, Under Construction, and soot and spit ( the musical ).

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 ).

Originalcast: Julia Zenko ( Elena ), Carlos Vittori ( Orestes ), Susana Moncayo ( Nélida ), Rodolfo Valss ( Soriano ), Luis Pereyra ( Morales ), Jorge Nolasco ( Vicente ) and Nicole Nau ( La mujer de la milonga ).

Orestes is instead recognized from a scar he received on the forehead while chasing a doe in the house as a child ( 571-74 ).

In the Odyssey, Orestes ' return to Argos and taking revenge for his father's death is held up several times as a model for Telemachus ' behavior ( see Telemachy ).

* Solmsen, F. Electra and Orestes: Three Recognitions in Greek Tragedy ( Amsterdam 1967 ).

Her siblings are law professor Maria ( born 1961 ); corporate lawyer Cecilia ( born 1962 ), businessman Tony ( born 1963 ) – who heads a documents company ; eye surgeon Estela ( born 1964 ); and anesthesiologist Orestes ( born 1967 ).

Originally there were eight musicians: Orestes Aragon ( double bass ); Filiberto Depestre ( first violin ); Hilario René González ( second violin ); Rufino Roque ( piano ); Efraín Loyola ( flute ); Orestes Varona ( timbales ); Noelio Morejon ( güiro ); & Pablo Romay ( vocals ).