Orestes (disambiguation)

Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology.

Orestes or Orestis may also refer to:

• Orestes (Greek myth), other figures in Greek mythology

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 (insect), a stick insect.
• Orestes (given name), and persons with the name Orestes, Orestis, Oreste or Orest
• A song by A Perfect Circle on Mer de Noms

See also

• Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 157 BC), a magistrate and consul of the Roman Republic
• Orestes (prefect), prefect of Alexandria during the 4th century AD
• Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), 5th Century Roman general and father of Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus
• Oreste, an opera by George Frideric Handel
• Horestes, a morality play by John Pickering