Orestēs, in Greek myth, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and brother of Iphigeneia and Electra. See PELOPS, ORESTEIA, and the articles on the tragedies Orestes (below), Electra, and Iphigeneia in Tauris. For his marriage with Hermionē (daughter of Menelaus and Helen) see NEOPTOLEMUS.
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