Ὀρέσται

Entry #87
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 494.25 | Billerbeck: Ο87
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 61
Sources: Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus) FGrHist 1 F 107 [Εὐρώπῃ], Θεαγένης (Theagenes) FGrHist 774 F 10; fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch [Μακεδονικοῖς], Διονύσιος (Dionysius b. Gigantiados) fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Entities: Ὀρέσται (Orestai (Orestae)) [people], Εὐρώπη (Europe) [place], Ὀρέστης (Orestes) [person], Ἑρμιόνη (Hermione) [person], Ἀρκαδία (Arcadia) [place], Ὀρέστειον (Oresteion) [place], Ὀρεστίς (Orestis) [place], Ὀρεστιάς (Orestias) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: When Orestes' madness was removed, fleeing in shame with Hermione he came to this land and had a son Orestes; when he ruled, they were called Orestai.; Eponym Person: He, having been bitten by a viper, died in a district of Arcadia, the place called Orestion.; Morphological Composition: It is also said to be (in the) feminine Orestis and Orestias.
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