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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.

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.

A statue of a man and a woman embracing; possibly representing Orestes and Electa. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.

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Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character)

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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.

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.

A statue of a man and a woman embracing; possibly representing Orestes and Electa. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.