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h by killing his own mother, Clytemnestra. After an absence of some years he returns and finds his sister Electra praying to the gods for someone to avenge her father. "Raise up your avengers, into the light, my father- kill the killers in return with justice"(183). Guided by Apollo Orestes plans the murder of Clytemnestra. "Oh she'll pay, she'll pay, by the gods and these bare hands- just let me take her life and die" (

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