The father of Orestes was Agamemnon.
Orestes - father of Romulus Augustulus - died in 476.
Orestes avenged the death of his father, Agamemnon.
Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - killed his mother who had killed his father. Electra was his sister.
In some versions of the myth, it is the god Apollo who encourages Orestes to kill his mother, Clytemnestra, as an act of revenge for her murder of his father, Agamemnon. Apollo tells Orestes that it is his duty to avenge his father's death and that he will be protected from the consequences.
Orestes is the son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, after his mother Clytaemnestra slew his father- he is known for slaying his mother in revenge.
At the time, it was a son's duty to kill the people who murdered his father.
He killed his father's murderers because it was a son's duty.
Orestes showed Electra the cloak he wore that she had made. However, she recognized his face as her father's face, so did not require that proof.
The oracle instructed him to avenge the murder of his father.
The oracle instructed him to avenge the murder of his father.
Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus were both killed by her son Orestes as revenge for Clytemnestra's murder of his father, Agamemnon. Orestes, with the help of his sister Electra, plotted and carried out the murders to avenge their father's death.
Orestes is the son of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, and Clytemnestra. After Agamemnon's murder by Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, Orestes is driven by a sense of duty and vengeance to avenge his father's death. This quest for retribution is central to the themes of fate and justice in Greek tragedy, particularly in works like Aeschylus's "Oresteia." Ultimately, Orestes's relationship with Agamemnon is defined by loyalty and the burden of avenging his father's untimely demise.