Orestes (disambiguation)
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Orestes was a figure in Greek mythology.
Orestes or Orestis may also refer to:
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 (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 CE
- Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), a Roman general in the 5th century CE and father of one of the last Western Roman Emperors, Romulus Augustulus
- Oreste, an opera by George Frideric Handel
- Horestes, a morality play by John Pickering
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