25), Orestes was saved either by his old nurse or by Electra, and was taken to Phanote on Mount Parnassus, where King Strophius took charge of him. In some versions of this story, Iphigenia was saved by the goddess at the last moment.Įight years later, Electra returned home from Athens at the same time as her brother, Orestes. Clytemnestra had held a grudge against her husband for sacrificing their eldest daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis in exchange for a fair wind so that he could set sail for Troy. Upon their arrival, Agamemnon and Cassandra were murdered, by either Clytemnestra herself, her lover Aegisthus, or both. When he came back, he brought with him his war prize, the Trojan princess Cassandra, who had already borne him twin sons. 380–370 BC, Louvre (K 544)Įlectra was absent from Mycenae when her father, King Agamemnon, returned from the Trojan War. Orestes, Electra and Hermes at the tomb of Agamemnon, lucanian red-figure pelike, c.
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