The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies

CHAPTER XXXVI.

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Orestes--Education at the Court of Strophius--Pylades--Murder of Clytemnestra--Orestes pursued by the Furies--Discovery of Iphigenia at Tauris--Circumstances added by the Tragic Poets --Hector--Character and Exploits of the Hero; his Death--Fate of Astyanax--Oedipus--Eteocles and Polynices--Theban War-- Heroism of Antigone 164