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Amphora with a depiction of Elektra, Attic Greek, c. 490 B.C.
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Agamemnon - Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the father of Electra and Orestes. When Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War. On Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra. In other versions Clytemnestra herself does the killing, or they do it together, in his own home.
Leonard Porter - Orestes and Elektra at the Tomb of Agamemnon. Tags: orestes, electra, elektra, agamemnon, Ivan The Terrible And His Son Painting, Apollo And The Muses, Angel Wallpaper, Heaven Art, Jean Baptiste, Muse Art, Louvre Museum, Bo Bartlett, Oil Painting Reproductions
Leonard Porter - Orestes and Elektra at the Tomb of Agamemnon. Tags: orestes, electra, elektra, agamemnon,
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Orestes, Electra and Hermes in front of Agamemnon's tomb by Choephoroi Painter. Side A of a lucanian red-figure pelike, ca. 380–370 BC. Louvre Museum, France
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Electra & Orestes, the Chariot Race Homer, Iliad, Ancient Greek Tragedy Illustration by Flaxman - Etsy
Electra & Orestes, The Chariot Race - Homer, Iliad, Ancient Greek Tragedy illustration by Flaxman New title: "it's not a night out until you're chariot racing in the nude"
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Electra & Orestes - Homer, Iliad, Ancient Greek Tragedy illustration by Flaxman New title "that's great, but I really need to pee"
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electra greek mythology - Google Search
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Electra at the tomb of Agamemnon, Sir William Blake Richmond
Elektra at the tomb of Agamemnon
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Red-figured hydria with a scene at Agamemnon’s tombc.350-320 BC, Campanian Orestes and Pylades find Electra mourning, and together they plan to kill their mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. The scene may have been inspired by Aeschylus’ tragedy The Choephoroi. (Source: The British Museum)
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DEA-S-001105-5272: Orestes and Electra crying, relief, Greece, Greek civilization, 5th Century BC, Athens, Moussà­o Kanelopoàºlos (Kannellopoulos Museum, Archaeological Museum), DeA Picture Library, licensed by Alinari
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Elihu Vedder | The Pleiades | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Pleiades (1885) - Elihu Vedder; The Pleiades (Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope/Asterope, Merope) were the 7 daughters of the titan Atlas & the sea-nymph Pleione. Several Olympian gods engaged in affairs with the sisters. After Atlas was forced to carry the heavens on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue the Pleiades. Zeus transformed them into stars to comfort their father. The constellation of Orion is said to still pursue them across the night sky.
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In Greek mythology, Orestes (Greek: Ὀρέστης) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. Orestes was absent from Mycenae when his father, Agamemnon, returned from the Trojan War and thus not present for Agamemnon's murder by his wife, Clytemnestra. Seven years later, Orestes returned from Athens and with his sister Electra avenged his father's death by slaying his mother and her lover Aegisthus.
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Electra - Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, Electra (Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) was an Argive princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father Agamemnon. Electra is the main character in the Greek tragedies Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides and has inspired various other works. The psychological concept of the Electra complex is also named after her.