Erinyes (Ἐρινύες) (Ἐρινύς) were goddesses of revenge in Greek myths and legends. Uranus (Οὐρανός) and Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa) or Nyx (Νύξ) (Nýx) were their parents.
There were three Erinyes: Alecto (Ἀληκτώ) (Alēktṓ), Megaera (Μέγαιρα) (Mégaira), and Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη) (Tisiphónē).
These goddesses persecuted Orestes (Ὀρέστης) (Orestēs) after he killed his mother Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) (Klytaimnḗstrā).
Electra (Ἠλέκτρα) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. Her siblings were Orestes, Iphigenea, and Chrysothemis.
Electra
killed her mother Clytemnestra out of revenge.
Pylades was
Electra’s husband.
There are
many different myths and legends about this character.
Orestes (Ὀρέστης) was the character in Greek myths and legends. His father was Agamemnon, his mother was Clytemnestra.
Orestes killed his mother Clytemnestra, because she killed his father Agamemnon. Apollo ordered this to him. After this Orestes became a king of Mycenae.
He met many gods and goddesses.
He had several siblings.
Orestes married Hermione. They had children.
There are paintings and statues about this character.
Clytemnestra (Κλυταιμνήστρα) was known as the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, in Greek legends. Her parents were Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεος) and Leda. Clytemnestra's sister was Helen of Troy.
She had relations with other characters, such as: Aegisthus, Achilles, Artemis, and etc.
She killed her husband Agamemnon.
Clytemnestra had several children: Orestes, Electra, Aletes, Erigone, Chrysothemis.
Her son Orestes killed his mother. Clytemnestra was buried away from the city wall of Mycenae.
Artists and sculptors created different paintings and sculptures about this character.
