He was the subject of two dreams in which his mother dreamed that she gave birth to and suckled a serpent which drew blood from her breast.
He spent part of his childhood in the court of Strophius, where he became close friends with Strophius's son. This brother of Chrysothemis, or else a Phocian named Machaereus, was credited with killing Neoptolemus. This companion of Pylades eventually married his own cousin Hermione. He was the subject of two dreams in which his mother dreamed that she gave birth to and suckled a serpent which drew blood from her breast. These dreams were born out when he avenged the murder of his father with the help of his sister Electra. FTP, name this son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
He spent part of his childhood in the court of Strophius, where he became close friends with Strophius's son.
Orestes