Ὀρέστης :
Orestes.—(1) the son of Agamemnon, who
having been reared at Athens returns to Mycēnae and slays
Aegisthus, after the latter had reigned eight years. Clytaemnestra was
slain at the same time. (See cut under ἕδρη, from a painting on an ancient Greek vase.) The
murder of Agamemnon was thus avenged, and the throne restored to its
rightful heir, Od. 3.306, Od. 11.461, Od.
1.30, 40, 298, δ 546, Il. 9.142, 284.—(2) a Greek
slain by Hec. tor, Il.
5.705.—(3) a Trojan, slain by Leonteus, Il. 12.139, 193.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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