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Orestes
     
Orestes
in ancient Greek stories, the son of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, and Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus kill Agamemnon when Orestes is a child. When he becomes an adult, Orestes kills his mother and Aegisthus.
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