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Noun: Orestes  o'res-teez
  1. (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

Type of: mythical being

Encyclopedia: Orestes, Indiana

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