# Orestes — The Odyssey character guide

> Orestes in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Prince Orestes, the divine Orestes

**First appearance:** 0001-the-odyssey

## Who they are

Son of Agamemnon who avenges his father's murder, cited as a model for Telemachus.

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