Orestes (Greek myth)
InGreek mythology,Orestes(/ɒˈrɛstiːz/;Ancient Greek:Ὀρέστης[oˈrestɛːs]"mountain dweller" derived either fromorestias"of the mountains" ororesteros"mountainous" fromoros"mountain" ) was the name of several figures, the most famous beingOrestes,the son ofAgamemnonandClytemnestra.
Other figures named Orestes include:
- Orestes, one of the leaders of thesatyrs[1]who joined the army ofDionysusin his campaign againstIndia.[2]
- Orestes, son ofriver godAchelousand princessPerimede,daughter of KingAeolusofThessaly.He was the brother ofHippodamas.[3]
- Orestes, aGreekwarrior slain byHectorandAresduring theTrojan War.[4]
- Orestes, aTrojansoldier who attacked the Achaean wall together withAsiusand was killed byLeonteus,aLapithleader.[5]
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[edit]- Apollodorus,The Librarywith an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer,The Iliadwith an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Operain five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiacatranslated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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