orestes
IPA: ɔrˈɛstiz
Root Word: Orestes
noun
- (Greek mythology) The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother, avenging his father's death, and was then pursued by the Furies.
- A region of Macedonia.
- A town in Indiana.
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Examples of "orestes" in Sentences
- Orestes Destrade joined as co host.
- Orestes and Pylades languish in chains.
- Orestes and Pylades exit into the temple.
- This can be used by Orestes and Polyxena.
- Orestes took refuge in the temple at Delphi.
- Beatriz advised Meding to talk it over with Orestes.
- For Orestes this was a spiritual and rewarding experience.
- But Orestes was not yet relieved from the vengeance of the Erinnyes.
- Euripides uses it both to describe the madness of Orestes, and of Heracles.
- Apollo promises to protect Orestes, as Orestes has become Apollo's supplicant.
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