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1. Orestes
   HMS Orestes was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Orestes was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch d...
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2. Orestes
   In mythology, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who avenged the death of his father.
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3. Orestes
   [n] - (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
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4. Orestes
   In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra...
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5. Orestes
   noun (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon`s death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
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6. Orestes
   (from the article `Romulus Augustulus`) Romulus was the son of the Western empire`s master of soldiers Orestes. His original surname was Augustus, but it was changed to the diminutive ... ...the Sciri tribe. About 470 he entered Italy with the Sciri; he joined the Roman army and rose to a position of command. After the overthrow of the ...
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7. Orestes
   (from the article `Euripides`) In this play Euripides makes nonsense of the old story of Orestes` murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, by setting the play in a world where courts of ...
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8. Orestes
   (from the article `Dracontius, Blossius Aemilius`) ...and Book III is concerned with the dealings of God with man. The account of the Creation was separately circulated during the Middle Ages under ...
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9. Orestes
   in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father ... [1 related articles]
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10. Orestes
    Orestes is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `Mounta In Man` Where is it used? The name Orestes is mainly used In Greek Mythology. The name Orestes doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Orestes seems to be unique!
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11. Orestes
    Orestes (ōrest'ēz) , d. 476, Roman general. With the help of barbarians he deposed (475) the Roman emperor of the West, Julius Nepos, and raised his own son, Romulus Augustulus, to the throne. The next year the barbarians under Odoacer revolted; Orestes was killed at Piacenza, and hi...
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12. Orestes
    Orestes, in Greek mythology, the only son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and brother of Electra and Iphigenia. After the slaying of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus, Orestes, still a boy, was sent to live in exile. Since it was the duty of the senior male in the house to punish the murderers, ...
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13. Orestes
    Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. As a child he was smuggled out of Mycenae by his sister Electra when Clytemnestra and Aegisthus seized power. He later killed Clytemnestra with the help of Electra and Pylades and was punished by the Erinnyes.
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14. Orestes
    In Greek mythology, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother on the instructions of Apollo because she and her lover Aegisthus had murdered his father. He was subsequently hounded by the Furies until he was purified, and acquitted of the crime of matricide
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15. Orestes
    flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod - Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC In oˈrestɛːs-->) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various...
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16. Orestes
    (name) `Orestes` (Ορεστης) is a Greek name, meaning "he who stands on the mountain", or "one who can conquer mountains". In Greek Mythology, he is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He had two sisters, Electra and Iphigenia. Although Orestes led ...
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17. Orestes
    (prefect) `Orestes` (floruit 415) was the Praefectus augustalis of the Diocese of Egypt, that is, the Roman governor of the province of Egypt, in 415. He clashed against the bishop of Alexandria, Cyril, and their opposition caused the death of the philosopher and scientist Hypat...
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