Orestes Syllabification: (O·res·tes)Pronunciation: /ôˈrestēz/ Greek MythologyDefinition of Orestes the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the brother of Electra and Iphigenia. He killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus to avenge the murder of Agamemnon. Orestes in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Orestes in the British & World English dictionary