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Carlisle, were termed the Pylades and Orestes of Eton, and the intimacy was continued in later life; M.P. for Carlisle
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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One single boy, whom I will call Pylades, urged by the others, once only left my party, but could scarcely for a moment maintain his hostile position.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1790
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I gave him in my friendship; but we were often sarcastically termed the Pylades and Orestes of the regiment, until my heart was ready to leap into my throat with impatience at the bitterness in which the taunt was conceived; and frequently in my presence was allusion made to the blind folly of him, who should take a cold and slimy serpent to his bosom only to feel its fangs darted into it at the moment when most fostered by its genial heat.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy (Complete) John Richardson 1824
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I gave him in my friendship; but we were often sarcastically termed the Pylades and Orestes of the regiment, until my heart was ready to leap into my throat with impatience at the bitterness in which the taunt was conceived; and frequently in my presence was allusion made to the blind folly of him, who should take a cold and slimy serpent to his bosom only to feel its fangs darted into it at the moment when most fostered by its genial heat.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 3 John Richardson 1824
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Contrary to Iphigeneia's dream, then, Orestes is still alive and on his way to Tauris with Pylades to steal the sacred statue.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Contrary to Iphigeneia's dream, then, Orestes is still alive and on his way to Tauris with Pylades to steal the sacred statue.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's son, Orestes, was taken out of the country and put under the care of the king of Phocis, where he became friends with the king's son Pylades.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's son, Orestes, was taken out of the country and put under the care of the king of Phocis, where he became friends with the king's son Pylades.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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She learned they were her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades.
Anatomy of a Story: Thicker Than Water « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2009
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Electra; and, Pylades, my trusty friend, kindle the parapet of yonder walls.
Orestes 2008
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