Orestes was the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology.
Orestes or Orestis may also refer to:
- Orestes (Greek myth), other figures in Greek mythology
In drama:
- Orestes (play), a tragedy by Euripides
- A character in the tragedy Electra (Sophocles)
- A character in Aeschylus' trilogy of tragedies Oresteia
Places:
- Orestes, Indiana, United States, a town
- Orestis (region), in Upper Macedonia
- Mount Orestes, Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Orestes Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica
- Orestes Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica
- 13475 Orestes, an asteroid sharing the planet Jupiter's orbit
Watercraft:
- HMS Orestes, various British Royal Navy ships
- USS Orestes (AGP-10), a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender
Other uses:
- Orestes (insect), a stick insect.
- Orestes (given name), and persons with the name Orestes, Orestis, Oreste or Orest
- A song by A Perfect Circle on Mer de Noms
See also
- Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 157 BC), a magistrate and consul of the Roman Republic
- Orestes (prefect), prefect of Alexandria during the 4th century AD
- Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus), 5th Century Roman general and father of Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustulus
- Oreste, an opera by George Frideric Handel
- Horestes, a morality play by John Pickering