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Euripides hero who killed his mother to avenge his father
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orestes
Alternative clues for the word orestes
- Mythological brother of 63-Across
- Son of Clytemnestra
- Member of the house of Atreus
- His sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
- Homeric character who commits matricide
- Agamemnon's son
- Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon
- Ring about scenery put up for Euripides drama
- Euripides protagonist
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Orestes ( fl . 415) was the Praefectus augustalis of the Diocese of Egypt , that is, the Roman governor of the province of Egypt, in 415. He clashed against the bishop of Alexandria , Cyril , and their opposition precipitated the death of the philosopher ...
Usage examples of orestes.
Selwey, along with what I knew about little men with Napoleon complexes and misogynous men with Orestes complexes, made me wonder what I was in for.
The consul Orestes finally managed to establish order, and Catulus asked to speak.
Lucius Aurelius Orestes, not a well man at the best of times, was lying full length in the vestibule being tended by an anxious praetor.
Not one day after I received your chastening note, your esteemed colleague Lucius Aurelius Orestes, the junior consul, died suddenly.
Now Orestes, they say, dedicated not merely one image of Diana in one place, but many and in many places.