person
Orestes
Son of Agamemnon; betrothed to Hermione, he killed Neoptolemus at the altar to recover her.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §3.330 Orestes
Son of Agamemnon; he killed Pyrrhus at the altar to recover Hermione.
- The Aeneid §4.471 Orestes
Son of Agamemnon, hounded by the Furies for killing his mother; his stage-madness mirrors Dido's.