Orestes
pronunciation
How to pronounce Orestes in British English:
UK [ɔˈresti:z]
How to pronounce Orestes in American English:
US [ɔˈrɛstiz]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
Word Origin
- Orestes
- son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, from Greek Orestes, literally "mountaineer," from oros "mountain" (see oread).
Example
- 1. Mycenaean women ! Orestes is the victor !
- 2. His son orestes killed his mother and was pursued by the furies .
- 3. Orestes contends that clytemnestra has committed a double crime ; she has slain her husband and thus she has also slain his father .
- 4. A daughter of clytemnestra and agamemnon who with her brother orestes avenged the murder of agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover , aegisthus .
- 5. " Electra : a daughter of clytemnestra and agamemnon who with her brother orestes avenged the murder of agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover , aegisthus . "