Orestes
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| - | I watched ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]'' tonight. The film centers around [[strong and independent woman]] [[Hypatia]], she is one of ''[[The Dinner Party]]'' (pictured). | + | In [[Greek mythology]], '''Orestes''' was the son of [[Clytemnestra]] and [[Agamemnon]]. He is the subject of several [[Ancient Greek theatre|Ancient Greek plays]] and of various [[myth]]s connected with his madness and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older ones. |
| - | The film, by personal fave [[Alejandro Amenábar]], is a story of the [[nefarious]]ness of [[religious intolerance]]. | + | ''Orestes'' has a root in ὄρος (''óros''), "mountain". The metaphoric meaning of the name is the person "who can conquer mountains". |
| - | It als purports that Hypatia knew about heliocentricism, based on the [[ellipse]], hundreds of years before [[Kepler]] came to the same conclusion. | ||
| - | See also: [[Cyril]] [[orestes]] [[parabolani]] | ||
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In Greek mythology, Orestes was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older ones.
Orestes has a root in ὄρος (óros), "mountain". The metaphoric meaning of the name is the person "who can conquer mountains".
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