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Oresteia. The House of Atreus. Sacrifice of Iphigenia. The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Clytemnestra from the Battlements of Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires which are to Announce the Return of Agamemnon Frederic Leighton 1874.
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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757 by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Clytemnestra from the Battlements of Argos Watches for the Beacon Fires which are to Announce the Return of AgamemnonFrederic Leighton 1874
Death of Agamemnon, Aegisthos with sword. Detail from Athenian red-figure clay vase about 500-450 BC. Boston. Museum of Fine Arts 63.1246 W.F.Warden Fund
Clytemnestra After the Murder (1882), by Hon. John Collier (1850-1939).
Orestes Kills Aegisthus Orestes Kills Clytemnestra bronze relief from Olympia, 570 B.C. More Scenes of Aegisthus’ Death
Orestes about to kill Aegisthus while Clytemnestra (with ax) tried to prevent, red figure, 460 B.C.
Orestes embracing omphalos at Delphi; Apollo fends off Furies; South Italian red figure, 370 B.C.
Orestes being purified by Apollo Apulian red-figure krater, 480–470 BC, Louvre (Cp 710)
Ghost of Clytemnestra trying to awake the Erinyes while her son is being purified by Apollo Apulian red-figure krater, 480–470 BC, Louvre (Cp 710)