Editing Orestes (section)

==Orestes and Pylades==
[[File:Pompeia. Orestes and Pylades.jpeg|thumb|An antique fresco in [[Pompeii]] depicting a scene from 'Iphigenia in Tauris' showing Orestes, [[Pylades]] and [[Thoas (king of the Taurians)|King Thoas]]]]
[[File:Orestes and Pylades.JPG|thumb|Orestes and Pylades, attributed to [[Pasiteles]] school]]
[[File:Benjamin West - Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before [[Iphigenia]]'', by [[Benjamin West]], 1766]]

The relationship between Orestes and [[Pylades]] has been presented by some authors of the Roman era (not by classic Greek tragedians) as romantic or [[homoeroticism|homoerotic]]. A dialogue entitled ''[[Amores (Lucian)|Erotes]]'' ("Affairs of the Heart") and attributed to [[Lucian]] compares the merits and advantages of heterosexuality and homoeroticism, and Orestes and Pylades are presented as the principal representatives of homoerotic friendship:

<blockquote>Taking the love god as the mediator of their emotions for each other, they sailed together as it were on the same vessel of life...nor did they restrict their affectionate friendship to the limits of Hellas....as soon as they set foot on the land of the Tauride, the Fury of matricides was there to welcome the strangers, and, when the natives stood around them, the one was struck to the ground by his usual madness and lay there, but Pylades "did wipe away the foam and tend his frame and shelter him with a fine well-woven robe," thus showing the feelings not merely of a lover, but also of a father. But when it had been decided that, while one remained to be killed, the other should depart for Mycenae to bear a letter, each wished to remain for the sake of the other, considering that he himself lived in the survival of his friend. But Orestes refused to take the letter, claiming Pylades was the fitter person to do so, and thus showed himself almost to be the lover rather than the beloved.
:''[[L'Orestie d'Eschyle]]'' (47)</blockquote>
In 1734, [[George Frederic Handel]]'s opera ''[[Oreste]]'' (based on Giangualberto Barlocci's Roman libretto of 1723), was premiered in London's [[Covent Garden]].

''[[L'Orestie d'Eschyle]]'' (1913–1923) is a French-language opera in three parts by [[Darius Milhaud]] based on ''[[The Oresteia]]'' triptych by [[Aeschylus]] in a French translation by his collaborator [[Paul Claudel]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-27|title=Milhaud: L'Orestie d'Eschyle review – an operatic curiosity worth investigating|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/27/milhaud-orestie-eschyle-review-opera-kenneth-kiesler|access-date=2021-10-19|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>