Ὀρέστης
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Orestes; pl., the Orestae, an Epirot people
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Ὀρέστης
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ὀρέστης
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ορεστης
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28728
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-28729
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{ "headword": "Ὀρέστης", "data": { "headword_display": "<b>Ὀρέστης</b>", "content": "<PNE><HG><HL>Ὀρέστης</HL><Infl>ου<VInfl><Lbl>Ion.</Lbl><FmInfl>εω</FmInfl></VInfl></Infl><DL><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><FmHL>Ὀρέστᾱς</FmHL><DInfl><FmInfl>ᾱ</FmInfl></DInfl></DL><PS>m</PS><FG><Case><Lbl>voc.</Lbl><Form>Ὀρέστα</Form></Case></FG></HG> <S1><Tr>Orestes<Expl>son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother to avenge his father's murder and was then pursued by Erinyes and brought to trial in Athens</Expl></Tr><Au>Hom. Hes.<Wk>fr.</Wk> Pi. Hdt. Trag.<NBPlus/></Au> </S1> <RelW><HG><HL>Ὀρέστειος</HL><Infl>ᾱ</Infl><Infl>ον</Infl><PS>adj</PS></HG> <S1><Indic>of the misfortunes</Indic><Tr>of Orestes</Tr><Au>S.</Au><S2><Indic>of his hand, as slayer of Neoptolemos</Indic><Au>E.</Au></S2> <S2><Indic>of pitchers, ref. to a competition at the <Ref>Χόες</Ref> festival, when wine-drinkers drank in silence, as Orestes was obliged to do when he came unpurified to Athens</Indic><Au>Call.</Au></S2> </S1></RelW> <RelW><HG><HL>Ὀρέστεια</HL><Infl>ᾱς</Infl><PS>f</PS></HG> <S1><Tr><ital>Oresteia</ital><Expl>title of a trilogy of tragedies by Aeschylus</Expl></Tr><Au>Ar.</Au> </S1></RelW> </PNE>", "key": "Ὀρέστης" }, "senses": [], "citations": [], "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-28729" }