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ORESTES
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GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Greek Mythology
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ορεστης (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: o-RES-teez (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek ορεστιας (orestias) meaning "of the mountains". In Greek myth he was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. He killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus after they killed his father.
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