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Orestes

son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, from Greek Orestes, literally "mountaineer," from oros "mountain" (see oread).

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Orestes, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 334
Housing Units (2000): 147
Land area (2000): 0.393621 sq. miles (1.019474 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.393621 sq. miles (1.019474 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56952
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.271710 N, 85.724037 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Orestes

In Greek mythology, Orestes (; ) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness and purification, which retain obscure threads of much older ones.

Orestes (disambiguation)

Orestes was a figure in Greek mythology.

Orestes or Orestis may also refer to:

In drama:

  • Orestes (play), a tragedy by Euripides
  • A character in the tragedy Electra (Sophocles)
  • A character in Aeschylus' trilogy of tragedies Oresteia

Places:

  • Orestes, Indiana, United States, a town
  • Orestis (region), in Upper Macedonia
  • Mount Orestes, Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Orestes Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Orestes Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • 13475 Orestes, an asteroid sharing the planet Jupiter's orbit

Watercraft:

  • HMS Orestes, various British Royal Navy ships
  • USS Orestes (AGP-10), a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender

Other uses:

  • Orestes (given name), and persons with the name Orestes, Orestis, Oreste or Orest
  • A song by A Perfect Circle on Mer de Noms
Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)

Orestes (died 28 August AD 476) was a Roman general and politician of Pannonian ancestry, who was briefly in control of the remnant Western Roman Empire in 475 and 476.

Orestes (play)

Orestes (, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.

Orestes (given name)

Orestes or Orestis is a Greek name, meaning "he who stands on the mountain" or "one who can conquer mountains".

Orestes in Greek mythology is the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He is noted for avenging the murder of his father by killing his mother and her lover Aegisthus, whereafter he was pursued by the Furies and driven mad.

Equivalents in different languages include:

  • Aresti - found mostly in the Basque country and the island of Sardinia
  • Oreste - Italian
  • Orest ( Cyrillic: Орест) - Ukrainian (sometimes Oryst in transliteration), Polish and Russian
Orestes (prefect)

Orestes ( fl. 415) was the Praefectus augustalis of the Diocese of Egypt, that is, the Roman governor of the province of Egypt, in 415. He clashed against the bishop of Alexandria, Cyril, and their opposition precipitated the death of the philosopher and scientist Hypatia.

Usage examples of "orestes".

Selwey, along with what I knew about little men with Napoleon complexes and misogynous men with Orestes complexes, made me wonder what I was in for.

The consul Orestes finally managed to establish order, and Catulus asked to speak.

Lucius Aurelius Orestes, not a well man at the best of times, was lying full length in the vestibule being tended by an anxious praetor.

Not one day after I received your chastening note, your esteemed colleague Lucius Aurelius Orestes, the junior consul, died suddenly.

Now Orestes, they say, dedicated not merely one image of Diana in one place, but many and in many places.