Orestes

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Orestes was the son of Agamemnon in Greek mythology; Orestes may also refer to:

Drama

• Orestes (play), an Athenian tragedy from 408 BCE by Euripides.
• Horestes - a late Tudor morality play by the English dramatist John Pickering that dramatises the story of the myth of Orestes.

Music

• Orestes, a song from the album Mer De Noms, by A Perfect Circle.

People

• Orestes (name), originating in Ancient Greece.
• Orestes (prefect), a 5th-century official of Alexandria.
• Orestes Brownson, 19th-century American publisher and Catholic convert.
• Orestes of Cappadocia, Christian martyr.
• Orestes Destrade, baseball player.
• Orestes of Jerusalem, 10th-century patriarch of Jerusalem.
• Orestes of Macedon, a king in the 4th century BCE.
• Flavius Orestes, a 5th-century Roman politician.
• Saint Orestes, a Christian martyr of the Roman era in Italy.

Places

• Orestes, Indiana, a town in the United States.
• Orestes (planet), a name given to the Ogrons' planet. (The Ogrons being an alien race in Doctor Who.)

Ships

• HMS Orestes, several Royal Navy sloops and ships.
• USS Orestes (AGP-10), a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender in commission from 1944 to 1946.

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