entity_sources: ENT_ORESTES, SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY, direct attestation
Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_ORESTES | SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Orestes is held up repeatedly in the Odyssey as the exemplary avenger of his father's murder: Telemachus is urged to emulate Orestes' revenge on Aegisthus; Od. I.30-43, III.196-200; the Orestes story is the Odyssey's moral parallel to the Telemachus plot |