Orestes (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Orestes (/ɒˈrɛstiːz/; Template:Lang-grc-gre [oˈrestɛːs] "mountain dweller" derived either from orestias "of the mountains" or oresteros "mountainous" from oros "mountain") was the name of the following figures:
- Orestes, son of river god Achelous and Perimede, daughter of Aeolus.[1]
- Orestes, the famous son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
- Orestes, a Greek warrior slain by Hector and Ares during the Trojan War.[2]
- Orestes, a Trojan soldier who attacked the Achaean wall together with Asius and was killed by Leonteus, a Lapith leader.[3]
- Orestes, one of the leaders of the Satyrs who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.[4]
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.7.3
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 5.705
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 12.139 & 193
- ^ Nonnus. Dionysiaca, Book 14.106ff.
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