Orestes - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Orestes - the son of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra
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[Longin]:Subl_15 cannot even understand that when Orestes says,
Aelian:NA_1.24 atist friends, have your Oresteses* and your Alcmaeons
Athen_6.247 And Alexis in his Orestes, Nicostratus in his Plutus, Men
Callim:Epigr_60 tist recalls the friendship of Orestes and Pylades (the
Cic:Pis_47 demented - madder than the Orestes or the Athamas ** of
Cic:Tusc_3.11 Athamas, Alcmaeon, Ajax, and Orestes, were raving furere :
Euseb]:Chron_177 Cometes (?) the son of Orestes, in whose time occurred
Euseb]:Chron_179 hus, for 17 years. Orestes, Tisamenus, Penthilus and Come
Euseb]:Chron_185 of Odysseus and Orestes occurred in his reign; and Aene
Just_17.3 Apollo, by the treachery of Orestes the son of Agamemno
Nepos_15.6 Thus from Argos came Orestes and Alcmaeon, the matricides;
Plin:HN_7.74 attest that the body of Orestes dug up at the command
Plin:HN_33.156 Areopagus and the Trial of Orestes on two goblets valued at
Plin:HN_35.136 is given to Timomachus's Orestes, his Iphigenia among the
Plin:HN_35.144 Theon a Madness of Orestes, a Thamyras the Harper;
Plut:Mor_193 tor reproached the cities with Orestes and Oedipus. But
ValMax_4.6e.3 of the friends of Sardanapallus. Orestes is better known by his
Vit:Theoc_1 in Sicily. When Orestes took the image of Artemis away
Zenob_3.94 proverb is drawn from Orestes, as Homer ( Od_3'309 )

Orestes ² - king of Macedonia, 399-396 B.C.
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ChronSynt_90 Archelaus for 24 years Orestes for 3 years Archelaus for
Euseb]:Chron_229 Archelaus - for 24 years Orestes - for 3 years Archelaus

Orestes ³ (L. Aurelius Orestes) - Roman consul, 157 B.C.
157/_ Consuls: Sex. Julius Sex.f. Caesar, L. Aurelius L.f. Orestes
147/11 Roman envoys, led by L.Orestes, address the Achaeans at Corinth, and
147/15 Aurelius Orestes reports back on his embassy to Achaea.
Within translations:
FastCap_p66 Caesar , L. Aurelius L.f. L.n. Orestes & [p68] [156] & L.
Plin:HN_33.55 of Sextus Julius and Lucius Aurelius {157 BC} seven years before

Orestes ⁴ (L. Aurelius Orestes) - Roman consul, 126 B.C.
126/_ Consuls: M. Aemilius Lepidus, L. Aurelius L.f. Orestes
126/6 Orestes subdues the Sardinians.
125/1 obtains winter provisions for Orestes' army from the allies of Rome.
122/15 The triumph of L. Aurelius Orestes, over the Sardinians.
Within translations:
Cic:Brut_94 and C. Aurelius Orestes, who were esteemed indifferent
Cic:Brut_109 M. Lepidus and L. Orestes [126 B.C.]: but after enjoying
FastTr_p106 Aurelius L.f. L.n. Orestes, proconsul, & from Sardinia,
[Vict]:VirIll_72 Spain; then he served under Orestes in Sardinia. As aedile he

Orestes ⁵ (L. Aurelius Orestes) - Roman consul, 103 B.C.
103/_ Consuls: C. Marius C.f. III, L. Aurelius L.f. Orestes

Orestes ⁶ (Cn. Aufidius Orestes) - Roman consul, 71 B.C.
95/22 Cn.Aufidius adopts Orestes, and M.Pupius adopts Piso, even though bot
77/38 mercus overrules the praetor Cn.Orestes to deprive Genucius, a "gallu
71/_ Consuls: P. Cornelius P.f. Lentulus Sura, Cn. Aufidius Cn.f. Orestes
Cic:Dom_35 old age, respectively adopted Orestes and Piso, and these
Cic:Planc_52 Fimbria, Gaius Cassius, Gnaeus Orestes were never elected tribunes
ValMax_7.7.6 from the urban praetor Cn. Orestes, that the property of Naevius
ValMax_7.7.7 more severe urban praetor than Orestes. He would not allow Vecilius

Orestes ⁷ - the title of a play by Euripides
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Philoch_139 [Euripides] produced the Orestes, the Spartans had sent

Orestes - in documents
SEG_47.1745 (after 188) s. Brennos and Orestes, whom [you] sent [as ambassa

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