oresten
Dictionary entries
- Entry →orestes, orestae:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Mythology
- Geography:
- Greece
Orestes; son of Agamennon and Clytaemnestra; play by Euripides; book by Varro;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...sagatus amem? Vt praestem Pyladen, aliquis mihi praestet Oresten. Hoc non fit uerbis, Marce: ut ameris..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sceptra terris nota, per dubios deos: recipe hunc Oresten ac pium furtum occule. [St.] Etsi timendum caesus Agamemnon..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...partitum extrema proteruo Thesea Pirithoo, uel inanem mentis Oresten opposito rabidam Pylade uitasse Megaeram. tunc quoque mulcentem dictis..."