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Apollodorus: The Library of Greek Mythology:

After the murder, Electra, one of the daughters of Agamemnon, stole away her brother Orestes and entrusted him to Strophios the Phocian to rear; and he brought him up with his own son Pylades.

On reaching manhood, Orestes went to Delphi to ask the god whether he should take vengeance on his father's murderers.

Clytemnestra murders Cassandra

Agamemnon had brought Priam's daughter Cassandra back from Troy as his mistress; she foresaw her own death in Argos at the hands of Clytemnestra

Bronze relief
Klytemnestra kills Cassandra

Red figure painting
c. 430 BC
Orestes at Delphi
In the center, Orestes kneels on the omphalos at Delphi. He holds a scabbard in his left hand and protects himself from the Fury behind him with his sword. Apollo approaches with his right arm raised in a benediction.

Lucanian red figure nestoris
c. 350 BC

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