the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus in revenge for their murder of his father
Orestes in American English
(oʊˈrɛsˌtiz)
noun
Greek Mythology
son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who, with the aid of his sister Electra, avenges the murder of his father by killing his mother and her lover Aegisthus
Word origin
L < Gr Orestēs < oros, mountain: see orient
Examples of 'Orestes' in a sentence
Orestes
Orestes killed his mother and the Furies pursued him for eternity.
Wood, Bari DOLL'S EYES
At that moment, had there been any way he could have got off Matlock Island, he would have fled from her like Orestes from the Eumenides.