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Ορέστης (EL)
Orestes (EN)

Ο Ορέστης ήταν γιος του Αγαμέμνονα και της Κλυταιμνήστρας. Όταν ο Αγαμέμνονας δολοφονήθηκε από τον Αίγισθο και την Κλυταιμνήστρα μετά την επιστροφή του από την Τροία, ο νεαρός ακόμη Ορέστης γλίτωσε τον θάνατο χάρη στην αδελφή του Ηλέκτρα, η οποία τον φυγάδευσε κρυφά στη Φωκίδα, στον βασιλιά Στρόφιο. Εκεί, ο Ορέστης ανατράφηκε μαζί με τον Πυλάδη, γιο του βασιλιά. Όταν ο Ορέστης ενηλικιώθηκε, έλαβε διαταγή από τον Απόλλωνα να εκδικηθεί τον θάνατο του πατέρα του σκοτώνοντας τον Αίγισθο και την Κλυταιμνήστρα. Για τον φόνο της τελευταίας ο Ορέστης καταδιωκόταν από τις Ερινύες. Σύμφωνα με τη μαρτυρία του Αισχύλου, ο ήρωας ζήτησε άσυλο στους Δελφούς, όπου καθάρθηκε από τον ίδιο τον Απόλλωνα. Ο καθαρμός αυτός, ωστόσο, δεν ήταν αρκετός ώστε να λυτρωθεί ο Ορέστης, ο οποίος στη συνέχεια υποβλήθηκε σε δίκη στην Αθήνα, στον  Άρειο Πάγο. Ο ήρωας εν τέλει αθωώθηκε με την καθοριστική ψήφο της Αθηνάς. Βάσει, τέλος, μιας εναλλακτικής παράδοσης, μάντεις υπέδειξαν στον Ορέστη να μεταβεί στη Θράκη και να λουστεί στη συμβολή των ποταμών Άρδα, Έβρου και Τόνζου. Στο σημείο αυτό ο ήρωας έκτισε ναούς και ίδρυσε την πόλη της Ορεστιάδας. Ο Ορέστης παντρεύτηκε την Ερμιόνη, κόρη του θείου του, του Μενέλαου, από την οποία απέκτησε τον Τισαμενό. (EL)
Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. When Agamemnon was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra upon his return from Troy, the child Orestes was saved by his sister Electra, who took him to Phocis where he was brought up in the household of King Strophius with the king’s son Pylades. When his boyhood was over, Apollo ordered him to avenge his father by killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. For slaying his mother Orestes was pursued by the Furies. According to Aeschylus, he fled to Delphi seeking asylum and was purified by Apollo himself. This purification, however, was not enough to absolve him, and he was afterwards tried for his crime at Athens, on the Areopagus (the Hill of Ares). The court was divided and in the end he was acquitted by Athena, who gave her casting vote in his favour. An alternate tradition has seers telling him to go to Thrace and bathe at the place where the rivers Arda, Hebrus and Tonsus meet. There he built temples and founded the city of Orestias. Orestes married his cousin Hermione, daughter of his uncle Menelaus, and they had a son called Tisamenus. (EN)


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Ορεστιάδα


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Ερευνητικό Κέντρο Αθηνά/Ινστιτούτο Επεξεργασίας του Λόγου (EL)
Athena Research Center/Institute for Language and Speech Processing (EN)


Hodoeporicon Byzantinum I 1458-1477 (pp. 42b-43b)
Hodoeporicon Byzantinum I 1458-1477 (pp. 42b-43b)
Item type
Text
Creator
Hugo Favolius
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Historia Augusta 7.6-10
Historia Augusta 7.6-10
Item type
Text
Creator
Αίλιος Λαμπρίδιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Chiliades 8.947-953
Chiliades 8.947-953
Item type
Text
Creator
Ιωάννης Τζέτζης
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Epitome of Histories 17.22.23
Epitome of Histories 17.22.23
Item type
Text
Creator
Ιωάννης Ζωναράς
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes, Iphigeneia and Pylades
Orestes, Iphigeneia and Pylades
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The Return of Orestes from Phocis
The Return of Orestes from Phocis
Date
1453 - 1821
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
Anton von Maron (1733–1808)
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes taking refuge at the altar of Athena Pallas
Orestes taking refuge at the altar of Athena Pallas
Date
1821 - 2020
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
Pierre-Charles Simart (1806-1857)
Place
Troyes
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes slaying Klytaimnestra
Orestes slaying Klytaimnestra
Date
575 BC - 535 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Archaic Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
εργαστήριο Νότιας Ιταλίας, workshop of South Italy
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes seized by the Furies after the Murder of Clytemnestra
Orestes seized by the Furies after the Murder of Clytemnestra
Date
07/05/1832 - 24/10/1862
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
David Scott (1806-1849)
Place
Glasgow
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes and Iphigeneia in the Taurian land
Orestes and Iphigeneia in the Taurian land
Date
150 BC - 31 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Hellenistic Period
Item type
Mosaic
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes attacks Klytaimnestra and Aigisthos
Orestes attacks Klytaimnestra and Aigisthos
Date
700 BC - 480 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Archaic Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Place
Olympia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The shadow of Klytaimnestra awakens the Furies
The shadow of Klytaimnestra awakens the Furies
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Eumenides Painter, Apulian workshop, Ζωγράφος του Ευμενίδη, απουλικό εργαστήριο
Place
Armento
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes and Electra
Orestes and Electra
Date
220 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period, Middle Hellenistic Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
Στέφανος (το πρωτότυπο σύμπλεγμα), Stephanos (the original statue group)
Place
Amphipolis
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes killing Klytaimnestra
Orestes killing Klytaimnestra
Date
1453 - 1821
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
εργαστήριο Ρώμης, workshop in Rome
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
Date
480 BC - 450 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Classical Period
Item type
Relief
Place
Milos Island
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes and Iphigeneia in the Taurian land
Orestes and Iphigeneia in the Taurian land
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Murals
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
Orestes and Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Ζωγράφος των Χοηφόρων, Λουκανικό εργαστήριο, Choephoroi Painter, Lucanian workshop
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes kills Klytaimnestra
Orestes kills Klytaimnestra
Date
1453 - 1821
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Orestes, Pylades and Iphigenia in Tauris
Orestes, Pylades and Iphigenia in Tauris
Date
1453 - 2020
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
Venetian (?) atist, καλλιτέχνης από τη Βενετία (;)
Place
Rome
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)




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