Ὀρέσται

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Ὀρέσται, Μολοσσικὸν ἔθνος. Ἑκαταῖος Εὐρώπῃ. Θεαγένης ἐν Μακεδονικοῖς φησιν ὅτι, ἐπεὶ ἀφείθη τῆς μανίας Ὀρέστης, φεύγων διὰ τὴν αἰδῶ μετὰ τῆς Ἑρμιόνης εἰς ταύτην ἦλθε τὴν γῆν καὶ παῖδα ἔσχεν Ὀρέστην, οὗ ἄρξαντος ἐκλήθησαν Ὀρέσται· αὐτὸς δὲ ὑπὸ ἐχίδνης δηχθεὶς θνήσκει εἰς χωρίον τῆς Ἀρκαδίας, τὸ λεγόμενον Ὀρέστειον. λέγεται καὶ θηλυκὸν Ὀρεστίς καὶ Ὀρεστιάς, ὡσαύτως Θεαγένης [καὶ] Διονύσιος δευτέρῳ Γιγαντιάδος.

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Text Details

Entry	#87
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 494.25 · Billerbeck Ο87
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count	61

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Ἑκαταῖος (Hecataeus)	Εὐρώπῃ · FGrHist 1 F 107
Θεαγένης (Theagenes)	Μακεδονικοῖς · FGrHist 774 F 10; fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch
Διονύσιος (Dionysius b. Gigantiados)	fr. 30 Livrea = p. 61 Heitsch

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Ὀρέσται	Orestai (Orestae) · people · corrected · Q183431
Εὐρώπη	Europe · place
Ὀρέστης	Orestes · person
Ἑρμιόνη	Hermione · person · corrected · Q58401924
Ἀρκαδία	Arcadia · place · corrected · Q12898802
Ὀρέστειον	Oresteion · place
Ὀρεστίς	Orestis · place
Ὀρεστιάς	Orestias · place
Ὀρέσται	place · explicit · wikidata: Q12882317 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
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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Place links	Q12882317
Page scans	e9783110219630_i2016.jpg
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