/aw res"teez, oh res"-/ , n.
1. Class. Myth. the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia: he avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing Clytemenestra and her lover, Aegisthus, then was pursued by the Furies until saved by Athena.
2. ( italics ) a tragedy (408 B.C.) by Euripides.