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Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character)

LC control no.no2014021736
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Personal name headingOrestes, King of Argos (Mythological character)
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Variant(s)Orest, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Orestas, King of Argos(Mythological character)
Oreste, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Oresti, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Oresto, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Oresztész, King of Argos (Mythological character)
オレステース, King of Argos (Mythological character)
אורסטס
오레스테스, King of Argos (Mythological character)
اورستس
Орест, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Ὀρέστης, King of Argos (Mythological character)
Associated placeMycenae (Extinct city)
LocatedArgos (Greece)
Profession or occupationKings and rulers
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inAeschylus. Eschyle. Tome II, 1925: page 80 (Oreste, Ὀρέστης)
Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 (Orestes; in mythology, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; avenger of his father's murder by his mother and her lover Aegisthus)
Wikipedia (all languages), 18 February 2014 (Orestes; Ὀρέστης; Орест; Oresto; اورستس; Oreste; 오레스테스; Orest; אורסטס; Orestas; Oresztész; オレステース; Oresti;
Zimmerman, J. Dictionary of classical mythology, c1964: p. 184 (Orestes; son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; becomes king of Argos and marries Hermione)
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