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	Orestes 2, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Orestes 2 was then taken to Phocis (which is the region bordering the Gulf of Corinth west of Boeotia) to the house of Strophius 1, son of Crisus, son of Phocus 3, son of Aeacus and the Nereid Psamathe 1.
		to reign in Sparta, and yield to Orestes 2 the throne of Argos and Mycenae.
		Orestes 2 also succeeded to the throne of Sparta, for the Lacedaemonians considered his claim to the throne prior to that of Nicostratus and Megapenthes 1, these being sons of Menelaus by one or perhaps two slave women, whereas Orestes 2 was the son of one of the daughters of King Tyndareus.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Orestes2.html (0 words)

	Orestes - MSN Encarta
		Orestes, in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and Clytemnestra.
		Orestes' older sister Electra, fearing for the boy's life, sent him to live with their uncle Strophius, king of Phocis.
		When he reached maturity, Orestes realized that he had a sacred duty to avenge the death of his father, but the crime of matricide, the act of killing one's mother, was abhorrent to him.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576978/Orestes.html (0 words)

	Greece Museums Guide: Greek Mythology
		In their various legends, stories and hymns the gods of ancient Greece are nearly all described as human in appearance, unaging, nearly immune to all wounds and sickness, capable of becoming invisible, able to travel vast distances almost instantly, and able to speak through human beings with or without their knowledge.
		These half-human, half divine children are collectively known as "the heroes," and until the establishment of democracy their descendents claimed the right to rule on the basis of their divine ancestry and presumed divinely inherited ability to rule well.
		In the original sense, therefore, a mythology is an attempt to bring sense to the stylized narratives that the Greeks recited at festivals, whispered at shrines, and bandied about at aristocratic banquets.
	www.greece-museums.com /greek-mythology.php (0 words)

	AllRefer.com - Orestes, in Greek mythology (Folklore And Mythology) - Encyclopedia
		Orestes, in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia.
		After the slaying of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes, still a boy, was sent to live in exile.
		Since it was the duty of the senior male in the house to punish the murderers, Orestes was commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Orestes2.html (319 words)

	Greek mythology A-M - All About Turkey
		In Greek mythology, Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of the sea nymph Thetis, who rendered him invulnerable, except for the heel by which she held him, by dipping him in the river Styx.
		In Greek mythology Astraea was the daughter of Zeus and Themis, the goddess of justice.
		In Greek mythology Ion was the son of Apollo and the Arthenian princess Creusa, whom Apollo raped on the Acropolis.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /sozlukmit1.htm (7737 words)

	Greek mythology N-Z - All About Turkey
		In Greek mythology, Peirithous was a King of the Lapiths and a son of Ixion and Dia.
		In Greek mythology, Proteus was a son of Abas and the twin brother of Acrisius.
		In Greek mythology, Xuthus was a son of Helen by the nymph Orseis.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /sozlukmit2.htm (3951 words)

	Orestes
		Orestês, in Greek legend, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
		The story of Orestes was the subject of the Oresteia of Aeschylus (Agamemnon, Choephori, Eumenides), of the Electra of Sophocles, of the Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, and Orestes, of Euripides.
		Apollo, Neoptolemus and Orestes in Delphi, The Apollo Temple, tripods and the Omphalos.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Orestes.html (912 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 41 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Orestes also threatened Menelaus to kill his daughter Her-mione ; but by the intervention of Apollo, the dispute was allayed, and Orestes betrothed himself to Hermione, and Pylades to Electra.
		§6.) Orestes and Pylades accordingly went to Tauris, where Thoas was king, and on their arrival they were seized by the natives, in order to be sacrificed to Artemis, according to the custom of the country.
		But Iphigeneia, the priestess of Artemis, was the sister of Orestes, and, after having recognised each other, all three escaped with the statue of the goddess.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2375.html (912 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Orestes
		Compare Oedipus complex.[Named after Orestes in Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover in revenge for the murder of his father]...
		Orestes In Greek legend, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and brother of Electra.
		In Greek mythology, the eldest daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Electra and Orestes.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Orestes (791 words)

	Orestes
		Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the brother of Electra.
		Orestes, who was quite young at the time, went into exile and swore to get revenge.
		As a consequence of his deed, Orestes was tormented by the Erinyes, or Furies, who followed him everywhere he went.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/o/orestes.html (124 words)

	Electra 2, Greek Mythology Link. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Orestes 2 was raised in safety by his uncle Strophius 1 in Phocis, his sister Electra 2 stayed at home, sharing her life with her enemies.
		Orestes 2 would come some day to avenge his father, she now had to rejoice at her own misery, and regard the death of her child as the lucky circumstance which would preserve her own life.
		Orestes 2 was cured, and after killing Aletes 1, he became ruler of a vaster kingdom than his father's, marrying Electra 2 to his loyal friend Pylades, who remained an ally.
	eol.hust.edu.cn /qxq/Electra.htm (2014 words)

	- Oreads: Nymphs of mountains and grottoes \| greek mythology
		In Greek mythology, Cynosura was a nymph (an Oread) on Mount Ida, Crete.
		In Greek mythology, Dryope was the daughter of Dryops or of Eurytus (and hence half-sister to Iole).
		Maia, in Greek mythology, is the eldest of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
	www.greek-mythology.net /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 (2545 words)

	Greek Mythology - What to Expect
		Mythology and religion were so integral in ancient Greece that it's hardly possible to study one without studying the other.
		We follow the fate of her brother, Orestes, as he murders his mother and is tried on the Areopagos in Athens.
		Finally we'll end the class by reading the tragedy where Orestes retrieves Iphigeneia from Calchis on the far side of the Black Sea and and deposits her at Brauron on the east coast of Attica where she lived out her life and was later worshiped as a goddess.
	greek-myth.com /Mythology/what_to_expect.htm (743 words)

	Greek Mythology Clipart ETC
		Niobe A personage mentioned in Greek mythology as the daughter of Tantalus and the wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, and that she incurred the displeasure of Apollo.
		Niobe A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion.
		Orestes "Orestes and Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon" — Gayley, 1893
	etc.usf.edu /clipart/galleries/Arts/greek_mythology_3.htm (1264 words)

	Electra
		In his twentieth year, Orestes was ordered by the Delphic oracle to return home and avenge his father's death.
		Orestes, after the deed (sometimes with Electra helping), goes mad, and is pursued by the Erinyes, or Furies, whose duty it is to punish any violation of the ties of family piety.
		Later, Electra married Pylades, Orestes' close friend and son of King Strophius (the same one who had cared for Orestes while he hid from his mother and her lover).
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Electra.html (509 words)

	What's New in Timeless Myths?
		Move the Iberian Deities page to Celtic Mythology.
		(It was formerly in Classical Mythology, Pantheon section.)
		Updated Enchanted Objects and Faithful Companions in Norse Mythology.
	www.timelessmyths.com /whatsnew.html (198 words)

	Greek and Roman Mythology — FactMonster.com
		Son of Thyestes; slew Atreus; with Clytemnestra, his paramour, slew Agamemnon; slain by Orestes.
		Wife of Agamemnon, whom she slew with aid of her paramour, Aegisthus; slain by her son Orestes.
		Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Orestes; urged Orestes to slay Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0197622.html (0 words)

	Orestes to Ozolian * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		Orestes to Ozolian * People, Places, and Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		The son of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra (Clytemnestra); after the murder of his father, Orestes went into hiding until he returned to Argos to avenge his father’s murder by killing his mother and her lover, Aigisthos (Aegisthus); he later gained absolution for his actions.
		I personally recommend the translations compiled by Richmond Lattimore and David Grene; you can find this and other plays by Euripides in the 882 section of your local library or you can order them from the Book Shop on this site which is linked to Amazon.com.
	www.messagenet.com /myths/ppt/_o1002.html (1343 words)

	SparkNotes: Mythology: Themes, Motifs & Symbols
		Orestes knows that he will incur the wrath of the Furies and the gods in committing matricide.
		Many of these stories are similar: a hero is born, raised in poverty by foster parents or a single mother, and at a certain age ventures forth to reclaim his patrimony.
		As civilizations prized for their art, it is no wonder that the Greeks and Romans retained a mythology that elevates art to a divine practice or at least one that almost consistently pleases the divine.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/mythology/themes.html (2483 words)

	Orestes
		Orestes (AGP–10) was laid down as LST–135 at Chicago, Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill., 8 July 1943; launched 16 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		LST–708 later towed Orestes back to Leyte, 27 January 1945, and after temporary repairs she departed 24 February on a slow voyage back to the States, arriving San Francisco 13 May. There shipyard personnel went to work and 202,500 manhours of labor later they had completely rejuvenated AGP–10.
		Orestes served under the Commander Motor Torpedo Boats, Phillippine Sea Frontier until 17 December when she sailed eastward with naval passengers for Pearl Harbor and the States, arriving San Pedro, 3 February, 1946.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/o3/orestes.htm (422 words)

	Agamemnon, Orestes, and Electra
		During his absence his wife Clytemnestra had been false to him, and when his return was expected, she, with her paramour, AEgisthus, laid a plan for his destruction, and at the banquet given to celebrate his return, murdered him.
		Accordingly Orestes and Pylades went to Tauris, where the barbarous people were accustomed to sacrifice to the goddess all strangers who fell into their hands.
		Orestes, mistaking Electra for one of the domestics, and desirous of keeping his arrival a secret till the hour of vengeance should arrive, produces the urn in which his ashes are supposed to rest.
	www.rickwalton.com /authtale/bmyth088.htm (804 words)

	Thomas Bulfinch : Bulfinch's Mythology : Chapter XXVIII. The Fall of Troy--Return of the Greeks--Orestes and Electra
		It was intended by the conspirators to slay his son Orestes also, a lad not yet old enough to be an object of apprehension, but from whom, if he should be suffered to grow up, there might be danger.
		This revolting act, the slaughter of a mother by her son, though alleviated by the guilt of the victim and the express command of the gods, did not fail to awaken in the breasts of the ancients the same abhorrence that it does in ours.
		One of the most pathetic scenes in the ancient drama is that in which Sophocles represents the meeting of Orestes and Electra, on his return from Phocis.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.2/bookid.2823/sec.30 (2983 words)

	Classical Mythology: The End of Heroes —
		Electra, a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sent her younger brother Orestes to Phocis (a region of central Greece on the other side of the Gulf of Corinth) to protect him.
		Orestes was sentenced to death for this crime—though the sentence was later reduced to one year's banishment.
		Orestes fumed when he found that Neoptolemus had married his intended.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /cig/mythology/end-of-heroes.html (1055 words)

	MYTH MAN'S FURIES PAGE
		They were the feared avenging goddesses in Greek and Roman mythology who were born from the falling drops of blood of Uranus (Sky) when he was mutilated by his son, the Titan Cronus.
		Orestes murdered his mother and was relentlessly hounded by the Furies.
		After a trial, Orestes was declared not guilty by the Olympian gods, but the Erinnyes threatened to let fall a drop of their own blood on earth, which would kill the plants and crops and destroy the people of Athens if the ruling stood.
	www.thanasis.com /modern/furies.htm (1270 words)

	The Internet Classics Archive \| Electra by Sophocles
		Now, therefore, Orestes, and thou, best of friends, Pylades, our plans must be laid quickly; for lo, already the sun's bright ray is waking the songs of the birds into clearness, and the dark night of stars is spent.
		Orestes, driving close to the pillar at either end of the course, almost grazed it with his wheel each time, and, giving rein to the trace-horse on the right, checked the horse on the inner side.
		Orestes was driving last, keeping his horses behind,- for his trust was in the end; but when he saw that the Athenian was alone left in, he sent a shrill cry ringing through the ears of his swift colts, and gave chase.
	classics.mit.edu /Sophocles/electra.html (8548 words)

	CliffsNotes::Mythology:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Orestes and Pylades went to the palace with news that Orestes was dead.
		Orestes made the journey with his friend Pylades, and both were seized by the Taurians and taken to the Temple of Artemis to be sacrificed.
		The chief priestess was a Greek, and to the amazement of Orestes and Pylades she knew the family history.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-83,pageNum-65.html (1039 words)

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