Orestes
quoted 25 times by 10 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Orestes the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
14 quoted · 10 reported · 1 carried
23 neutral 1 refutedin the voice of Electra 3 , Messenger 3 , Orestes 3 , Herdsman 2 , Hermione 2 , Character 1 (stage actor) 1 , Chorus 1 , Dioskouroi 1 , Iphigenia 1 , Menelaus 1
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in the voice of Herdsman
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Iphigenia in Tauris Euripides 6 neutral 6 citations · 23 passages
The herdsman reports Orestes's own frantic speech during his fit of madness, quoting his hallucinatory cry.
Pylades, we shall die, but let us die with glory;
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in the voice of Tyndareus
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Orestes Euripides 4 neutral 1 refuted 5 citations · 112 passages
Tyndareus directly accuses Orestes of impiety and injustice, formally condemning him and threatening to incite the city against him.
Tyndareus:
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in the voice of Hermione
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Andromache Euripides 4 neutral 4 citations · 18 passages
Hermione begs Orestes for pity in a formal gesture of supplication upon recognizing him.
Son of Agamemnon, thy appearing is as a haven from the storm to sailors;
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in the voice of Electra
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Electra Euripides 3 neutral 4 citations · 17 passages
Electra delivers a long speech detailing her degradation, explicitly asking the stranger to report it to her brother.
Since you are setting the tale in motion, I entreat you, stranger, tell Orestes of our sorrows, mine and his.
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in the voice of Chorus
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Birds Aristophanes 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The chorus's song reports the legend of Orestes as a nocturnal assailant, a piece of traditional lore recast comically.
Should any mortal meet the hero Orestes at night, he would soon be stripped and covered with blows from head to foot.
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in the voice of Character 1 (stage actor)
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On Moral Ends Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 1 citation
The passage directly quotes the stage dialogue: 'I am Orestes,' and 'Nay, in truth, I, I say, am Orestes!'
'I am Orestes,' and, on the contrary, from the other:
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 neutral 1 citation
Tragic exchange about Orestes' guilty conscience is quoted.
"Orestes, what disease destroys you?
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in the voice of Electra
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Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 neutral 1 citation
Electra's exclamation 'Alas, my brother, your eye is troubled; swiftly have you changed' is a direct speech act reported within the narrative
Electra, when she saw Orestes weeping and embracing her, thought at the time that some relief had come to him, yet she was far from trusting altogether.
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in the voice of Telemakhos
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Odyssey Homer 1 neutral 1 citation
Telemakhos' reply to Nestor is rendered as direct quoted speech.
"Nestor son of Neleus," answered Telemakhos, "honor to the Achaean name, the Achaeans will bear the kleos of Orestes in song even to future generations, for he has avenged his father nobly.
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in the voice of Paedagogus
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Electra Sophocles 1 neutral 1 citation · 4 passages
This is a reported-speech event about the fabricated death announcement.
You have reported me as dead, I presume?
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