Orestes (play)

Orestes
Euripides, Orestes, Oxford, MS. Barocci 120, fol. 32r (early 14th century)
Written byEuripides
ChorusArgive Maidens
CharactersElectra
Helen
Orestes
Menelaus
Pylades
Messenger
Hermione
Phrygian Eunuch
Apollo
Tyndareus
Original languageAncient Greek
GenreTragedy
Settingbefore the Palace of Argos

Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.

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