Orestes

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Orestes is mentioned in a passage of the Purgatorio (XIII, v. 32), where his voice, passing by the two poets, cries «I am Orestes», a quotation that the authorized note defines as an example placed between subject and verb to achieve extraordinary speed. The note indicates that this is the second example in a series, presented in a rapid syntactic construction that spans three tercets. The only information provided by the authorized sources is therefore the presence of the name of Orestes as a voice that moves away in the canto, without further biographical, role, or typological details. The entry therefore limits itself to recording the occurrence of the name within the terrace, as attested by the verse itself and by the commentary note to the same canto, omitting any information not supported by the sources.