Orestes (play)

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Orestes
Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Written by	Euripides
Chorus	Argive Maidens
Characters	Electra Helen Orestes Menelaus Pylades Messenger Hermione Phrygian Eunuch Apollo Tyndareus
Original language	Ancient Greek
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	before 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.