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Orestes ( - )

In Greek mythology, Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older ones. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-4593?rskey=kUcFxp&result=6 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes Relevant locations: Subject of discourse or work of art Greece, Europe
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