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- son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra
- Son of
- 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Clytaimnestra
- Father of
- 👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes) 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan)
- Husband of
- 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) 👤 Hermione (Spartan)
- Has children with
- 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) 👤 Hermione (Spartan)
- Leader of
- 👥 the Achaians 👥 the Aiolians
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Achaians 👥 the Aiolians
- Founder of
- 🌍 Orestian Argos (N. Greece)
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Orestian Argos (N. Greece) 🌍 Orestias (Chaonia)
- Settles in
- 🌍 Tenedos (island)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Laconia 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Orestias (Chaonia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 the Argolid
- Creates
- 🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia (Athens)
- Kills
- 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Thoas (Taurian)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Oresteion (Arcadia)
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Sparta) 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Tegea)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia)
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Bones of Orestes🏺 the Finger of Orestes 🏺 the Hair of Orestes
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Tent of Orestes (Troizen)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Bow of Orestes
- Depictions
- 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens (Athens)🌍 the Sanctuary of Argive Hera (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia) 💠 the Propylaia (Athens)🖌️ "Melian" Terracotta Relief (CAMU Δ 2122P-LOD )🖌️ Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Teece 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15P-LOD )🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto, Pompeii (P-LOD r5-i4-pa-space-4)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Ace (Arcadia) 🌍 Aiolia 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Castabala (Cappadocia) 🌍 Ceryneia (Achaia) 🌍 Comana (Cappadocia) 🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Laconia 🌍 Maniai (Arcadia) 🌍 Megalopolis (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Oresteion (Arcadia) 🌍 Oresthasion (alt. Oresteion) 🌍 Orestian Argos (N. Greece) 🌍 Orestias (Chaonia) 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Rhodes (island) 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Tauris 🌍 Tenedos (island) 🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens) 🌍 the Argolid 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Sanctuary of Argive Hera (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia (Brauron) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia (Sparta) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia) 🏛️ Rock Zeus Cappotas (Laconia) 🏛️ Spring Hippocrene (Troizen) 🏛️ the Altar of Apollo (Delphi) 🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia (Athens)🏛️ the Bay Tree of Orestes (Troizen) 🏛️ the Sacred Stone (Troizen) 🏛️ the Tent of Orestes (Troizen) 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (unlocatable) 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Sparta) 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Tegea) 🏺 the Bones of Orestes🏺 the Bow of Orestes🏺 the Finger of Orestes 🏺 the Hair of Orestes 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian)👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Aipytos 👤 Ares 👤 Arsinoa 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Cassandra 👤 Chrysothemis (Mycenaean) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Echemos (Arcadian) 👤 Electra (Mycenaean) 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) 👤 Helen 👤 Hermes 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 👤 Iphianassa (Mycenaean) 👤 Iphigeneia 👤 Laodice (Mycenaean) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Nausimedon 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Oiax 👤 Peisandros (Spartan) 👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes) 👤 Perileos (Spartan) 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan) 👤 Pylades 👤 Strophios (Phocian I) 👤 Thoas (Taurian) 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Tyndareos 👤 Zeus 👥 the Achaians 👥 the Aiolians 👥 the Charites 👥 the Erinyes 💠 the Propylaia (Athens)
- Appears in
- 📜 Nostoi Argumentum 5 West📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.14📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.26-6.27📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.27📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.28📜 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.2📜 Cinaithon fr. 4 West📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7📜 Euripides, Trojan Women 353-367📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 9.141-9.161📜 Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466📜 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📜 Lucian, Harmonides 3📜 Lucian, The Dance 43📜 Lucian, The Dance 46📜 Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship 1-7📜 Ovid, Amores 1.7📜 Ovid, Ibis 347-348📜 Pausanias 1.22.6📜 Pausanias 1.28.5📜 Pausanias 1.33.8📜 Pausanias 10.16.4📜 Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7📜 Pausanias 2.17.3📜 Pausanias 2.18.5📜 Pausanias 2.18.6📜 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9📜 Pausanias 2.29.6-2.29.10📜 Pausanias 2.31.4📜 Pausanias 2.31.8-2.31.9📜 Pausanias 3.1.5📜 Pausanias 3.16.7📜 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11📜 Pausanias 3.2.1📜 Pausanias 3.22.1📜 Pausanias 5.4.3📜 Pausanias 7.1.7📜 Pausanias 7.25.7📜 Pausanias 7.6.2📜 Pausanias 8.3.1-8.3.5📜 Pausanias 8.34.1-8.34.4📜 Pausanias 8.5.1📜 Pausanias 8.5.4📜 Pausanias 8.54.4📜 Pindar, Nemean 11 33-48📜 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📜 Pomponius Mela 2.11📜 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47📜 Ps-Lucian, Nero 10📜 Strabo 12.2.3📜 Strabo 12.2.7📜 Strabo 13.1.3📜 Strabo 7.7.8📜 Strabo 8.7.1📜 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4
- Mentioned in Text
- NostoiApollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryCinaithonD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, Trojan WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, HarmonidesLucian, The DanceLucian, Toxaris, or FriendshipOvid, AmoresOvid, IbisPausaniasPindar, Nemean 11Pindar, Pythian 11Pomponius MelaPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPs-Lucian, NeroStrabo