(see entry in Perseus Encyclopedia) son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who avenges his father's death.

(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, notable for murdering his mother to avenge his father. Also an epithet for Enjolras, derived from the novel: "In the [alphabetic] series, O and P are inseparable. You can, as you choose, pronounce O and P, or Orestes and Pylades.... Grantaire was an unaccepted Pylades." Q.v.

In mythology, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who avenged the death of his father.

Orestês, (English /ɔ'ɹɛsti:z/ Greek ) in Greek legend, was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various legends connected with his madness and purification.

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

Orestes (Ορεστης) is a Greek name, meaning "he who stands on the mountain", or "mountain-dweller".