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- 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, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Nostoi Homer, Iliad Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Euripides, Trojan Women Pausanias Cinaithon Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Toxaris, or Friendship Lucian, The Hall Lucian, Philosophies for Sale Lucian, The Dance Lucian, Harmonides Ps-Lucian, Nero Ps-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart Pindar, Pythian 11 Pindar, Nemean 11 Pomponius Mela D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Aeschylus, Agamemnon Callimachus, Epigram Ovid, Amores Euripides, 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)