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👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon)

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8188815" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8188815">🌍 Athens (Attica) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8254029" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8254029">🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) </span>
  • Information
    son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra
    Son of
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Clytaimnestra
    Father of
    👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes)
    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
    🌍 Orestias (Chaonia) 🌍 Orestian Argos (N. Greece)
    Settles in
    🌍 Tenedos (island)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) 🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese) 🌍 Orestias (Chaonia)
    Creates
    🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia at Athens🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Nemorensis at Aricia (Italy)
    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
    Related Entities
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aigisthos 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Cassandra 👥 the Charites 👤 Chrysothemis (Mycenaean) 👤 Clytaimnestra 👤 Demophon (Athenian) 👤 Echemos (Arcadian) 👤 Electra (Mycenaean) 👤 Erigone (Mycenaean) 👥 the Erinyes 👤 Zeus 👤 Hermes 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👤 Hyllos (s. of Deianeira) 👤 Iphigeneia 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Helen 👤 Perileos (Spartan) 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian) 👤 Menelaos 👤 Nausimedon 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Oiax 👤 Pylades 👤 Strophios (Phocian I) 👤 Thoas (Taurian) 👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) 👤 Tyndareos 🌍 the Areiopagos (Athens) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Tenedos (island) 🌍 Tauris 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Arcadia 🌍 Rhodes (island) 🌍 Scythia 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 👥 the Achaians 👥 the Aiolians 🌍 Oresteion (Arcadia) 🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese) 🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian)🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 👤 Laodice (Mycenaean) 👤 Iphianassa (Mycenaean) 👤 Aipytos (Arcadian II) 👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes) 🏛️ the Altar of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Oresthasion (alt. Oresteion) 🌍 Aiolis (Asia Minor) 🏺 the Delphic Tripod 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Sparta) 🏛️ Rock Zeus Cappotas (Laconia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia at Brauron (Attica)🏺 the Bones of Orestes🏛️ the Altar of Athena Areia at Athens🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi🌍 Megalopolis (Arcadia) 🌍 Maniai (Arcadia) 🌍 Ace (Arcadia) 🏛️ the Sacred Stone (Troizen) 🏛️ the Tent of Orestes (Troizen) 🏛️ the Bay Tree of Orestes (Troizen) 🏛️ Spring Hippocrene (Troizen) 🏛️ the Tomb of Orestes (Tegea) 🌍 Ceryneia (Achaia) 🏺 the Finger of Orestes 🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Nemorensis at Aricia (Italy)🌍 Orestias (Chaonia) 🌍 Cyzicos (Mysia) 👤 Peisandros (Spartan) 🌍 Aiolia 🌍 the Oracle of Zeus at Dodona (Epeiros) 👤 Arsinoa 🏺 the Cloak of Agamemnon 🌍 Orestian Argos (N. Greece) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia) 🌍 Comana (Cappadocia) 🏺 the Hair of Orestes 🌍 Castabala (Cappadocia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Agamemnon (unlocatable) 🏺 the Bow of Orestes🏛️ the House of Neoptolemos (Phthia)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.14📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.25📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.27📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.28📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.2📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1099-1122📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 1362-1396📖 Pausanias 3.1.5📖 Pausanias 3.16.7📖 Pausanias 3.22.1📖 Pausanias 1.22.6📖 Pausanias 1.28.5📖 Pausanias 1.33.8📖 Pausanias 8.5.1📖 Pausanias 8.5.4📖 Pausanias 2.17.3📖 Pausanias 2.18.5📖 Pausanias 2.18.6📖 Pausanias 2.31.4📖 Pausanias 5.4.3📖 Pausanias 7.1.7📖 Pausanias 7.6.2📖 Pausanias 7.25.7📖 Pausanias 10.16.4📖 Pausanias 8.54.4📖 Homer, Odyssey 1.26-1.43📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.184-3.200📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.385-11.466📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 353-367📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 19 Most📖 Homer, Iliad 9.141-9.161📖 Pausanias 8.3.1-8.3.5📖 Pausanias 3.2.1-3.2.2📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11📖 Pausanias 2.16.6-2.16.7📖 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9📖 Pausanias 2.29.6-2.29.10📖 Pausanias 8.34.1-8.34.4📖 Pausanias 2.31.8-2.31.9📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.24-6.25📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.26-6.27📖 Strabo 9.2.3-9.2.4📖 Nostoi Argumentum 5 West📖 Cinaithon fr. 4 West📖 Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship 1-7📖 Lucian, The Hall 23📖 Lucian, Philosophies for Sale 22📖 Lucian, The Dance 43📖 Lucian, The Dance 46📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 178 Harder📖 Ps-Lucian, Nero 10📖 Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 47📖 Pindar, Pythian 11 1-37📖 Pindar, Nemean 11 33-48📖 Pomponius Mela 2.11📖 Ovid, Ibis 347-348📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.7📖 Strabo 7.7.8📖 Strabo 8.7.1📖 Strabo 12.2.3📖 Strabo 12.2.7📖 Ovid, Amores 1.7📖 Ovid, Amores 2.6📖 Strabo 13.1.3📖 Lucian, Harmonides 3📖 Callimachus, Epigram 59 Pfeiffer📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.479-15.530📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 869-885📖 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1035-1320📖 Euripides, Andromache 884-929📖 Euripides, Andromache 957-986📖 Euripides, Andromache 987-1008📖 Euripides, Andromache 1085-1165⚒️ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, Library NostoiHomer, IliadLycophron, AlexandraHomer, OdysseyEuripides, Trojan WomenPausaniasCinaithonHesiod, EhoiaiStraboCallimachus, AetiaLucian, Toxaris, or FriendshipLucian, The HallLucian, Philosophies for SaleLucian, The DanceLucian, HarmonidesPs-Lucian, NeroPs-Lucian, Affairs of the HeartPindar, Pythian 11Pindar, Nemean 11Pomponius MelaD-Scholia, IliadOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesAeschylus, AgamemnonCallimachus, EpigramOvid, AmoresEuripides, Andromache
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Cinaithon fr. 4 West📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 311-312📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 598-599📖 Euripides, Iphigeneia in Tauris 603-605
    Depictions
    🎨 "Melian" Terracotta Relief (CAMU Δ 2122)🎨 Lucanian Red-Figure Pelike attributed to the Vaste Painter (Logie 156.73; LIMC Aigisthos 15)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Centenario IX 8, 3.7, Pompeii (PALP r9-i8-p3-space-41)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (MANN 9111, 9286; PALP r1-i4-p5-space-35)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Pinarius Cerialis III 4, 4, Pompeii (LIMC Artemis/Diana 47; PALP r3-i4-p4-space-a)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di L. Caecilius Iucundus V I, 23.26, Pompeii (MANN 111439; LIMC Iphigeneia 52; PALP r5-i1-p26-space-i)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Lucretius Fronto V 4, a, Pompeii (PALP r5-i4-pa-space-4)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Vesonius Primus VI 14, 20, Pompeii (PALP r6-i14-p20-space-q)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-q)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Sirico VII 1, 25.47, Pompeii (MANN 8994; PALP r7-i1-p25-space-34)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Spurius Mesor VII 3, 29, Pompeii (MANN 120085, 120086; PALP r7-i3-p29-space-l)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di T. Dentatius Panthera IX 2, 16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p16-space-b)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling IX 5, 14-16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p14-space-e)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Postumii VIII 4, 4.49, Pompeii (PALP r8-i4-p4-space-33)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 28.57.8a–d)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Obellius Firmus IX 14, 4, Pompeii (PALP r9-i14-p4-space-3)🎨 Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Gregoriano Profano 10450; ASR II, no. 155, pl. 54)🎨 Wall painting from Masseria d'Irace (?), Pompeii (MANN SN 16)🎨 Wall Paintings from Albergo e Caupona VII 11, 6-8, Pompeii (PALP r7-i11-p6-space-i)🎨 Wall Painting from Herculaneum (MANN 9538)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Koumantatakis n/a)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1801; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B988; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4809)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8405; LIMC Aigisthos 5)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1802)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4962; LIMC Achilleus 376)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from the Sanctuary of Poseidon, Isthmia (LIMC Aigisthos 3)🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)
    Reported depictions
    🌍 the Sanctuary of Orestes and Pylades (Scythia) 🏛️ the Hall (fictional) 🏛️ the Temple of Argive Hera (Argolid) 🎨 Wall Painting of Orestes, Aigisthos, Pylades and sons of Nauplios in the Propylaia, Athens, by Polygnotos (LIMC Aigisthos 14)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)
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