ID: 901001077 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001077	Record Type: Character/Person

	Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character)

Note: in Greek mythology, son of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae (or Argos), and his wife, Clytemnestra. According to Homer, Orestes was away when his father returned from Troy to meet his death at the hands of Aegisthus, his wife’s lover. On reaching manhood, Orestes avenged his father by killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. 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.

Names:

	Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Orestes (Greek character) (English-P,D,N)
	Ὀρέστης (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)
	Oreste (Greek character) (Italian-P,D,N)
	Orestas (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Orest (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Oresti (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Oresto (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Oresztész (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Орест, (Greek character) (undetermined,U,N)
	اورستس (Greek character) (Arabic,U,N)
	אורסטס (Greek character) (Hebrew,U,N)
	オレステース (Greek character) (Japanese,U,N)
	오레스테스 (Greek character) (Korean,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	child of .... Clytemnestra
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Clytemnestra (Greek character)) [901001078]

	child of .... Agamemnon
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Agamemnon (Greek character)) [901001079]

	sibling of .... Iphigenia
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Iphigenia (Greek character)) [901001951]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... king (person)
	.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	ruler of .... Nisís Árgos
	.....(Magnesía regional division, Thessaly, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Orestes, King of Argos (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014021736
	Orestes (Greek character)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(ORESTES) (story of) Orestes
	Ὀρέστης (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Oreste (Greek character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Orestas (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Orest (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Oresti (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Oresto (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Oresztész (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Орест, (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	اورستس (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	אורסטס (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	オレステース (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	오레스테스 (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Oreste," accessed 6 July 2017