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Orestes

Son of Agamemnon in Greek mythology

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  • Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C.

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    Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C.

    | Date: 1937 | Reference: 17842i
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    Athena and Apollo persuade the Eumenides (Erinyes, Furies) to stop persecuting Orestes after he has been acquitted of matricide. Etching by T. Piroli, 1795, after J. Flaxman.

    Flaxman, John, 1755-1826. | Date: Jan. 12 1795 | Reference: 2917962i
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    A statue of a man and a woman embracing; possibly representing Orestes and Electa. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.

    Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752-1824. | Date: 1783 | Reference: 31159i

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