Orestes
noun
Ores·tes
ə-ˈre-(ˌ)stēz 
ȯ-
: the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who with his sister Electra avenges his father by killing his mother and her lover Aegisthus
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Like his father, Chicago White Sox great Minnie Miñoso, Orestes Arrieta Miñoso Jr. who mostly went by the name Orestes Arrieta, distinguished himself in athletics and played professional baseball throughout the 1970s in the minor leagues and in Mexico.
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Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
There was nothing mini about Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso on the field.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2021
Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
There was nothing mini about Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso on the field.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2021
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“Orestes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Orestes. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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