Orestes avenged the death of his father, Agamemnon.
Orestes
The oracle instructed him to avenge the murder of his father.
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.
Agamemnon
King Agamemnon of Mycenae was at the Trojan war. His wife, Clytemnestra, cheated on him with Aegisthus. When Agamemnon came back from the Trojan War, Clytemnestra and Aegistus teamed up and chopped his head off. Orestes is Clytemnestra and Agamemnon's son. He killed his mother, Clytemnestra to avenge his father.
Orestes
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.
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.
The oracle instructed him to avenge the murder of his father.
The oracle instructed him to avenge the murder of his father.
At the time, it was a son's duty to kill the people who murdered his father.
She killed the murderer to avenge her father's death.
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In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the title character vows to avenge his father's death.
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