![]() ![]() When she finds out, he threatens to kill her too, in spite of her pleading and reminding him of the fact that she bore and raised him. ![]() Clytemnestra, delighted, goes inside to call Aegisthus, only for him to die when he meets Orestes in private. Orestes and Pylades pretend to be wandering travelers and knock on the door, calling on Aegisthus with news of Orestes’ death. She tells him of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra’s plot to murder Agamemnon and, after a long rant that involves summoning the spirit of their father to help them, Orestes decides to avenge his father by murdering both his mother and her lover. She sees two locks of hair in the tomb, left there by Orestes earlier, prompting him to come out of his hiding place and convince his sister of his identity. Soon, they both hide as Orestes’ sister, Electra, arrives at the tomb with some slaves carrying libations. Some time after Agamemnon’s murder, his son Orestes and a friend, Pylades, arrive at his grave after a long exile. Second part of the tragedy trilogy The Oresteia by Aeschylus. ![]()
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