His dog is said to have given
476, exactly a year after he had compelled Nepos birth to a piece of wood, which Orestheus con-
to fly from Ravenna On the 4th of September cealed in the earth.
476, exactly a year after he had compelled Nepos birth to a piece of wood, which Orestheus con-
to fly from Ravenna On the 4th of September cealed in the earth.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
But
to the slave who had the management of him. Iphigeneia, the priestess of Artemis, was the sister
This slave carried the boy to Strophius, king in of Orestes, and, after having recognised each other,
Phocis, who was married to Anaxibia, the sister of all three escaped with the statue of the goddess.
Agamemnon. According to some, Orestes was (Eurip. Iph. Taur. 800, 1327, &c. )
sived by his nurse Geilissa (Aeschyl. Choeph. 732) After his return Orestes took possession of his
or by Arsinoe or Laodameia (Pind. Pyth. xi. 25, father's kingdom at Mycenae, which had been
with the Schol. ), who allowed Aegisthus to kill usurped by Aletes or Menelaus; and when Cyla-
her own child, thinking that it was Orestes. In rabes of Argos died without leaving any heir,
the house of Strophius, Orestes grew up together Orestes also became king of Argos. The Lacedae-
with the king's son Pylades, with whom he formed monians made bim their king of their own accord,
that close and intimate friendship which has because they preferred hiin, the grandson of
alınost become proverbial. (Eurip. Orest. 804, Tyndareus, to Nicostratus and Megapenthes, the
&c. ) Being frequently reminded by messengers of sons of Menelaus by a slave. The Arcadians and
Electra of the necessity of avenging his father's Phocians increased his power by allying them-
death, he consulted the oracle of Delphi, which selves with him. (Paus. ii. 18. § 5, m. 1. $ 4;
strengthened him in his plan. He therefore re- Philostr. Her. 6; Pind. Pyth. xi. 24. ) He married
paired in secret, and without being known to any Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus, and became
one, to Argos. (Soph. Elect. 11, &c. , 35, 296, by her the father of Tisamenus. (Paus. ii. 18.
531, 1346 ; Eurip. Elect. 1245, Orest. 162. ) He $ 5. ) He is said to have led colonists from Sparta
pretended to be a messenger of Strophius, who had to Aeolis, and the town of Argos Oresticum in
announce the death of Orestes, and Epeirus is said to have been founded by him at
brought the ashes of the deceased. (Soph. Elect. the time when he wandered about in his madness.
1110. ) After having visited his father's tomb, (Strab. vii. p. 326, xiii. p. 582 ; Pind. Nem. xi.
and sacrificed upon it a lock of his hair, he made 42, with the Schol. ) In his reign the Dorians
hiniself known to his sister Electra, who was ill | under Hyllus are said to have invaded Pelopon-
nsed by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra, and dis- nesus. (Paus. viii. 5. § 1. ) He died of the bite
cussed his plan of revenge with her, which was of a snake in Arcadia (Schol. ad Eur. Or. 1640),
speedily executed, for both Aegisthus and Cly- and his body, in accordance with an oracle, was
taemnestra were slain by his hand in the palace. afterwards conveyed from Tegea to Sparta, and
(Soph. Elect. 1405; Aeschyl. Choeph. 931 ; comp. there buried. (Paus. iii. 11. § 8. ) In a war
Eurip. Elect. 625, 671, 774, &c. , 969, &c. , 1165, between the Lacedaemonians and Tegeatans, a
&c. , who differs in several points from Sophocles. ) truce was concluded, and during this truce the
Immediately after the murder of his mother hé Lacedaemonian Lichas found the remains of
was seized by madness; he perceived the Erinnyes Orestes at Tegea or Thyrea in the house of a
of his mother and took to flight. Sophocles does blacksmith, and thence took them to Sparta,
not mention this as the immediate consequence of which according to an oracle could not gain the
the deed, and the tragedy ends where Aegisthus is victory unless it possessed the remains of Orestes.
led to death ; but, according to Euripides, Orestes (Herod. i. 67, &c. ; Paus. iii. 3. § 6, viii. 54. § 3. )
not only becomes mad ; but as the Argives, in According to an Italian legend, Orestes brought
their indignation, wanted to stone him and Electra the image of the Taurian Artemis to Aricia, whence
to death, and as Menelaus refused to save them, it was carried in later times to Sparta ; and
Pylades and Orestes murdered Helena, and her Orestes himself was buried at Aricia whence his
body was removed by the gods. Orestes also remains were afterwards carried to Rome. (Serv.
threatened Menelaus to kill his daughter Her- ad Aen. ii. 116. )
mione ; but by the intervention of Apollo, the dis- There are three other mythical personages of the
pute was allayed, and Orestes betrothed himself to name of Orestes, concerning whom nothing of in-
Hermione, and Pylades to Electra. But, accord- terest is related. (Hom. II. v. 705, xii. 139, 193;
ing to the common account, Orestes fled from land Apollod. i. 7. $ 3. )
(L. S. )
to land, pursued by the Erinnyes of his mother. CORESTES ('Opértas), regent of Italy during
On the advice of Apollo, he took refuge with the short reign of his infant son Romulus Augus-
Athena at Athens. The goddess afforded him tulus, from the 29th of August, A. D. 475, to the
protection, and appointed the court of the Areio- 28th of August, 476. As his history is given in
pagus to decide his fate. The Erinnyes brought the lives of Romulus Augustulus, Nepos, and
forward their accusation, and Orestes made Odoacer, we need only add here a few remarks.
the command of the Delphic oracle his excuse. He was a Roman by origin, but born in Pannonia
When the court voted, and was equally divided, and when Attila conquered that province, be and
Orestes was acquitted by the command of Athena his father Tatulus both entered the service of the
(Aeschyl Eumenides. ) He therefore dedicated conqueror till the death of the latter and the down-
an altar to Athena Areia. (Paus, i. 28. $ 5. ) | ful of the Hunnic empire. Orestes held the office
a
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43
ORFITUS.
:
of secretary to Attila, and was also his ambassador | done on many previous occasions. Orestes re-
at Constantinople. After the death of Attila, mained in his province upwards of three years, and
Orestes returned to Italy, where on account of his obtained a triumph on bis return to Rome in B. Co
great wealth, he soon rose to eminence, and obtained 122. C. Gracchus was quaestor to Orestes in
the title and rank of patricius. He then married Sardinia, and distinguished himself greatly by the
a daughter of Romulus Comes. In 475, while at way in which he there discharged the duties of his
Rome, he received orders from the emperor Julius office. M. Aemilius Scaurus also served under
Nepos to assemble an army and send it to Gaul, as Orestes in Sardinia (Liv. Epit. 60 ; Plut. C.
fears were entertained that the West Gothic king Gracch. 1, 2 ; Cic. Brut. 28 ; Aur. Vict. de Vir.
Euric intended another invasion of that country: II. 72 ; Fasti Capit. ) This Aurelius Orestes
Being once at the head of an army, Orestes availed obtains a place, along with his brother C. Aurelius
himself of his power and riches to make himself Orestes, in the list of orators in the Brutus of
master of Italy, and forth with set out for Ravenna, Cicero (c. 25), who, however, only says of them,
where Nepos was residing. On his approach "quos aliquo video in numero oratorum fuisse. "
Nepos fled in confusion (28th of August, 475) to 3. C. AURELIUS ORESTES, younger son of No.
Salona in Dalmatia, where he met with the deposed 1. See No. 2, sub finem.
emperor Glycerius, his former rival, who was then 4. L. AURELIUS L. P. L N. ORESTES, son of
bishop of that place ; and on the 29th of August No. 2, was consul with C. Marius, in the third
Orestes had his son Romulus Augustulus proclaimed consulship of the latter, B. c. 103, and died in the
emperor, remaining, however, at the head of affairs. same year. (Fasti : comp. Plut. Mar. 14. )
His first minister was Parmenus. He sent Latinus 5. CN. AURELIUS ORESTES, praetor urbanus
and Madusus to Constantinople, that he might be B. c. 77, one of whose decisions was annulled upon
recognised by the emperor Zeno ; aud he made appeal by the consul Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus.
peace with Genseric, the king of the Vandals. (Val. Max. vii. 7. & 6. )
The reign of Orestes was of short duration. In ORESTHEUS ('Opeo eus), a son of Lycaon,
the following year (476) Odoacer rose in arms and the reputed founder of Oresthasium, which is
against him, and Orestes having shut himself up in said afterwards to have been called Oresteium,
Pavia, was taken prisoner after the town had been from Orestes. (Paus. viii. 3. § 1; Eurip. Orest.
stormed by the barbarians, and conducted to Pla- 1642. )
centia where his head was cut off by order of 2. A son of Deucalion, and king of the Ozolian
Odoacer. This took place on the 28th of August, Locrians in Aetolia.
His dog is said to have given
476, exactly a year after he had compelled Nepos birth to a piece of wood, which Orestheus con-
to fly from Ravenna On the 4th of September cealed in the earth. In the spring a vine grew
Panlus, the brother of Orestes, was taken at forth from it, from the sprouts of which he derived
Kavenna, and likewise put to death. (The au- the name of his people. (Paus. 1. 38. § 1 ; Hecat.
thorities quoted in the lives of ROMULUS AUGUS- ap. Athen. ii. p. 35. )
(L. S. )
TULUS, GLYCERIUS, JULIUS NEPOS, and ODO- ORESTILLA, AUREʼLIA. (A URELIA. ]
ACER. )
(W. P. ) ORESTILLA, LI'VIA, called Cornelia Ores
ORESTES ('Opéotns), a Christian physician tina by Dion Cassius, was the second wife of
of Tyana in Cappadocia, called also Arestes, who Caligula, whom he married in A. D. 37. He carried
Buffered martyrdom during the persecution under her away on the day of her marriage to Piso, having
Diocletian, A. D. 303, 304. An interesting account been invited to the nuptial banquet, but divorced
of his tortures and death is given by Simeon Meta- her before two months had elapsed, and banished
phrastes, ap. Surium, De Probat. Sanctor. Histor. , her and Piso. (Suet. Cal. 25 ; Dion Cass. lix. 8. )
vol. vi. p. 231, where he is named Arestes. See ORFITU'S, or ORPHITUS, a cognomen of
also Menolog. Graec. vol. i. p. 178, ed. Urbin. 1727. several gentile names under the empire, does not
He has been canonized by the Greek and Roman occur in the time of the republic. Orfitus is the
churches, and his memory is celebrated on Nov. 9. correct orthography, as we see from inscriptionn.
(See Bzovius, Nomenclator Sanctor, Profess. Me- Many of the Orfiti mentioned below are only
dicor. )
(W. A. G. ) known from the Consular Fasti, and from in-
ORESTES, CN. AUFI'DIUS, originally be- scriptions.
longed to the Aurelia gens, whence his surname 1. SER. CORNELIUS ORFITUS, consul in A. D.
of Orestes, and was adopted by Cn. Aufidius, the 51, with the emperor Claudius (Tac. Ann. xii. 41 ;
bistorian, when the latter was an old man (See Plin. H. N. ii. 31 ; and the inscription in Fa-
Vol. I. p. 418, b. ). Orestes was repulsed when a brettus, p. 472). In A. D. 66 Orfitus proposed, in
candidaie for the tribunate of the plebs, but he honour of the imperial family, that the month of
obtained the consulship in B. c. 71, with P. Cornelius June should for the future be called Germanicus
Lentulus. From an anecdote recorded by Cicero (Tac. Ann. xvi. 12). It would appear, from an
(de Off. ii. 17) Orestes seems to have carried his incidental notice in Tacitus (Hist. iv. 42), that
election partly by the magnificent treats he gave Orfitus perished not long after this, by an accu-
the people. (Cic. pro Dom 13, pro Plunc. 21; sation of the informer Aquillius Regulns.
Eutrop. vi. 8. )
2. SALVIDIENUS ORFITUS, one of the victims of
ORESTES, AURE'LIUS. 1. LAURELIUS Nero's cruelty and caprice. (Suet. Ner. 37. )
L. P. L. N. ORESTES, consul B. c. 157, with Sex. 3. Paccius OR FITUS, a centurion primi pili in
Julius Caesar. (Fasti Capit. ; Plin. H. N. xxxiii. Corbulo's army in the East, in the reign of Nero.
3. s. 17. )
(Tac. Ann. xiii. 36, xv. 12. )
2. L. AURELIUS L. P. L. N. ORESTES, son of 4. SALVIDIENUS Orfitus, banished by Do-
the preceding, was consul B. C. 126, with M. mitian, on the pretext of conspiracy. (Suet. Dom.
Aemilius Lepidus. He was sent into Sardinia to 10. )
subdue the inhabitants of the island, who had again 5. CORNELIUS Scipio ORFITUS, one of the con-
risen against the Ronian anthority, as they had sules suffecti A. D. 101.
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ORIBASIUS.
ORIBASILS.
6. Sen. SALVIDIENUS ORFITUS, consul A. D. Dec. 355, he took Oribasius with him (Julian, La
110, with M. Peducaeus Priscinus.
p. 277, C. ; Oribas. ap. Phot. Biblioth. Cod. 217);
7. Ser. Scipio ORFITUS, consul A. D. 149, and in the following year (see Clinton's Fasto
with Q. Nonius Priscus. He is perhaps the same Rom. ), on the occasion of some temporary absence,
as the Orfitus who was praefectus urbi in the reign. addressed to him a letter, which is still extant
of Antoninus Pius (Capitol. Anton. Pius, 8). This (Epist. 17), and is an evidence both of their inti-
emperor reigned from A, D. 138 to 161.
macy and of their devotion to paganism. It was
8. M. Gavius ORFirus, consul A. D. 165, with while they were in Gaul together that Julian com-
L. Arrius Pudens,
manded Ori basius to make an epitome of Gaien's
9. ORFITUS, consul A. D. 172, with Maximus. writings, with which he was so much pleased that
(Lamprid. Commod. 11. )
he imposed upon him the further task of adding to
10. Orfitus GAVIus, consul A. d. 178, with the work whatever was most valuable in the other
Julianus Rufus. (Lamprid. Commod. 12. ) medical writers. This he accomplished (though
As the three persons last mentioned all lived in not till after Julian had become emperor, A. D.
to the slave who had the management of him. Iphigeneia, the priestess of Artemis, was the sister
This slave carried the boy to Strophius, king in of Orestes, and, after having recognised each other,
Phocis, who was married to Anaxibia, the sister of all three escaped with the statue of the goddess.
Agamemnon. According to some, Orestes was (Eurip. Iph. Taur. 800, 1327, &c. )
sived by his nurse Geilissa (Aeschyl. Choeph. 732) After his return Orestes took possession of his
or by Arsinoe or Laodameia (Pind. Pyth. xi. 25, father's kingdom at Mycenae, which had been
with the Schol. ), who allowed Aegisthus to kill usurped by Aletes or Menelaus; and when Cyla-
her own child, thinking that it was Orestes. In rabes of Argos died without leaving any heir,
the house of Strophius, Orestes grew up together Orestes also became king of Argos. The Lacedae-
with the king's son Pylades, with whom he formed monians made bim their king of their own accord,
that close and intimate friendship which has because they preferred hiin, the grandson of
alınost become proverbial. (Eurip. Orest. 804, Tyndareus, to Nicostratus and Megapenthes, the
&c. ) Being frequently reminded by messengers of sons of Menelaus by a slave. The Arcadians and
Electra of the necessity of avenging his father's Phocians increased his power by allying them-
death, he consulted the oracle of Delphi, which selves with him. (Paus. ii. 18. § 5, m. 1. $ 4;
strengthened him in his plan. He therefore re- Philostr. Her. 6; Pind. Pyth. xi. 24. ) He married
paired in secret, and without being known to any Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus, and became
one, to Argos. (Soph. Elect. 11, &c. , 35, 296, by her the father of Tisamenus. (Paus. ii. 18.
531, 1346 ; Eurip. Elect. 1245, Orest. 162. ) He $ 5. ) He is said to have led colonists from Sparta
pretended to be a messenger of Strophius, who had to Aeolis, and the town of Argos Oresticum in
announce the death of Orestes, and Epeirus is said to have been founded by him at
brought the ashes of the deceased. (Soph. Elect. the time when he wandered about in his madness.
1110. ) After having visited his father's tomb, (Strab. vii. p. 326, xiii. p. 582 ; Pind. Nem. xi.
and sacrificed upon it a lock of his hair, he made 42, with the Schol. ) In his reign the Dorians
hiniself known to his sister Electra, who was ill | under Hyllus are said to have invaded Pelopon-
nsed by Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra, and dis- nesus. (Paus. viii. 5. § 1. ) He died of the bite
cussed his plan of revenge with her, which was of a snake in Arcadia (Schol. ad Eur. Or. 1640),
speedily executed, for both Aegisthus and Cly- and his body, in accordance with an oracle, was
taemnestra were slain by his hand in the palace. afterwards conveyed from Tegea to Sparta, and
(Soph. Elect. 1405; Aeschyl. Choeph. 931 ; comp. there buried. (Paus. iii. 11. § 8. ) In a war
Eurip. Elect. 625, 671, 774, &c. , 969, &c. , 1165, between the Lacedaemonians and Tegeatans, a
&c. , who differs in several points from Sophocles. ) truce was concluded, and during this truce the
Immediately after the murder of his mother hé Lacedaemonian Lichas found the remains of
was seized by madness; he perceived the Erinnyes Orestes at Tegea or Thyrea in the house of a
of his mother and took to flight. Sophocles does blacksmith, and thence took them to Sparta,
not mention this as the immediate consequence of which according to an oracle could not gain the
the deed, and the tragedy ends where Aegisthus is victory unless it possessed the remains of Orestes.
led to death ; but, according to Euripides, Orestes (Herod. i. 67, &c. ; Paus. iii. 3. § 6, viii. 54. § 3. )
not only becomes mad ; but as the Argives, in According to an Italian legend, Orestes brought
their indignation, wanted to stone him and Electra the image of the Taurian Artemis to Aricia, whence
to death, and as Menelaus refused to save them, it was carried in later times to Sparta ; and
Pylades and Orestes murdered Helena, and her Orestes himself was buried at Aricia whence his
body was removed by the gods. Orestes also remains were afterwards carried to Rome. (Serv.
threatened Menelaus to kill his daughter Her- ad Aen. ii. 116. )
mione ; but by the intervention of Apollo, the dis- There are three other mythical personages of the
pute was allayed, and Orestes betrothed himself to name of Orestes, concerning whom nothing of in-
Hermione, and Pylades to Electra. But, accord- terest is related. (Hom. II. v. 705, xii. 139, 193;
ing to the common account, Orestes fled from land Apollod. i. 7. $ 3. )
(L. S. )
to land, pursued by the Erinnyes of his mother. CORESTES ('Opértas), regent of Italy during
On the advice of Apollo, he took refuge with the short reign of his infant son Romulus Augus-
Athena at Athens. The goddess afforded him tulus, from the 29th of August, A. D. 475, to the
protection, and appointed the court of the Areio- 28th of August, 476. As his history is given in
pagus to decide his fate. The Erinnyes brought the lives of Romulus Augustulus, Nepos, and
forward their accusation, and Orestes made Odoacer, we need only add here a few remarks.
the command of the Delphic oracle his excuse. He was a Roman by origin, but born in Pannonia
When the court voted, and was equally divided, and when Attila conquered that province, be and
Orestes was acquitted by the command of Athena his father Tatulus both entered the service of the
(Aeschyl Eumenides. ) He therefore dedicated conqueror till the death of the latter and the down-
an altar to Athena Areia. (Paus, i. 28. $ 5. ) | ful of the Hunnic empire. Orestes held the office
a
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43
ORFITUS.
:
of secretary to Attila, and was also his ambassador | done on many previous occasions. Orestes re-
at Constantinople. After the death of Attila, mained in his province upwards of three years, and
Orestes returned to Italy, where on account of his obtained a triumph on bis return to Rome in B. Co
great wealth, he soon rose to eminence, and obtained 122. C. Gracchus was quaestor to Orestes in
the title and rank of patricius. He then married Sardinia, and distinguished himself greatly by the
a daughter of Romulus Comes. In 475, while at way in which he there discharged the duties of his
Rome, he received orders from the emperor Julius office. M. Aemilius Scaurus also served under
Nepos to assemble an army and send it to Gaul, as Orestes in Sardinia (Liv. Epit. 60 ; Plut. C.
fears were entertained that the West Gothic king Gracch. 1, 2 ; Cic. Brut. 28 ; Aur. Vict. de Vir.
Euric intended another invasion of that country: II. 72 ; Fasti Capit. ) This Aurelius Orestes
Being once at the head of an army, Orestes availed obtains a place, along with his brother C. Aurelius
himself of his power and riches to make himself Orestes, in the list of orators in the Brutus of
master of Italy, and forth with set out for Ravenna, Cicero (c. 25), who, however, only says of them,
where Nepos was residing. On his approach "quos aliquo video in numero oratorum fuisse. "
Nepos fled in confusion (28th of August, 475) to 3. C. AURELIUS ORESTES, younger son of No.
Salona in Dalmatia, where he met with the deposed 1. See No. 2, sub finem.
emperor Glycerius, his former rival, who was then 4. L. AURELIUS L. P. L N. ORESTES, son of
bishop of that place ; and on the 29th of August No. 2, was consul with C. Marius, in the third
Orestes had his son Romulus Augustulus proclaimed consulship of the latter, B. c. 103, and died in the
emperor, remaining, however, at the head of affairs. same year. (Fasti : comp. Plut. Mar. 14. )
His first minister was Parmenus. He sent Latinus 5. CN. AURELIUS ORESTES, praetor urbanus
and Madusus to Constantinople, that he might be B. c. 77, one of whose decisions was annulled upon
recognised by the emperor Zeno ; aud he made appeal by the consul Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus.
peace with Genseric, the king of the Vandals. (Val. Max. vii. 7. & 6. )
The reign of Orestes was of short duration. In ORESTHEUS ('Opeo eus), a son of Lycaon,
the following year (476) Odoacer rose in arms and the reputed founder of Oresthasium, which is
against him, and Orestes having shut himself up in said afterwards to have been called Oresteium,
Pavia, was taken prisoner after the town had been from Orestes. (Paus. viii. 3. § 1; Eurip. Orest.
stormed by the barbarians, and conducted to Pla- 1642. )
centia where his head was cut off by order of 2. A son of Deucalion, and king of the Ozolian
Odoacer. This took place on the 28th of August, Locrians in Aetolia.
His dog is said to have given
476, exactly a year after he had compelled Nepos birth to a piece of wood, which Orestheus con-
to fly from Ravenna On the 4th of September cealed in the earth. In the spring a vine grew
Panlus, the brother of Orestes, was taken at forth from it, from the sprouts of which he derived
Kavenna, and likewise put to death. (The au- the name of his people. (Paus. 1. 38. § 1 ; Hecat.
thorities quoted in the lives of ROMULUS AUGUS- ap. Athen. ii. p. 35. )
(L. S. )
TULUS, GLYCERIUS, JULIUS NEPOS, and ODO- ORESTILLA, AUREʼLIA. (A URELIA. ]
ACER. )
(W. P. ) ORESTILLA, LI'VIA, called Cornelia Ores
ORESTES ('Opéotns), a Christian physician tina by Dion Cassius, was the second wife of
of Tyana in Cappadocia, called also Arestes, who Caligula, whom he married in A. D. 37. He carried
Buffered martyrdom during the persecution under her away on the day of her marriage to Piso, having
Diocletian, A. D. 303, 304. An interesting account been invited to the nuptial banquet, but divorced
of his tortures and death is given by Simeon Meta- her before two months had elapsed, and banished
phrastes, ap. Surium, De Probat. Sanctor. Histor. , her and Piso. (Suet. Cal. 25 ; Dion Cass. lix. 8. )
vol. vi. p. 231, where he is named Arestes. See ORFITU'S, or ORPHITUS, a cognomen of
also Menolog. Graec. vol. i. p. 178, ed. Urbin. 1727. several gentile names under the empire, does not
He has been canonized by the Greek and Roman occur in the time of the republic. Orfitus is the
churches, and his memory is celebrated on Nov. 9. correct orthography, as we see from inscriptionn.
(See Bzovius, Nomenclator Sanctor, Profess. Me- Many of the Orfiti mentioned below are only
dicor. )
(W. A. G. ) known from the Consular Fasti, and from in-
ORESTES, CN. AUFI'DIUS, originally be- scriptions.
longed to the Aurelia gens, whence his surname 1. SER. CORNELIUS ORFITUS, consul in A. D.
of Orestes, and was adopted by Cn. Aufidius, the 51, with the emperor Claudius (Tac. Ann. xii. 41 ;
bistorian, when the latter was an old man (See Plin. H. N. ii. 31 ; and the inscription in Fa-
Vol. I. p. 418, b. ). Orestes was repulsed when a brettus, p. 472). In A. D. 66 Orfitus proposed, in
candidaie for the tribunate of the plebs, but he honour of the imperial family, that the month of
obtained the consulship in B. c. 71, with P. Cornelius June should for the future be called Germanicus
Lentulus. From an anecdote recorded by Cicero (Tac. Ann. xvi. 12). It would appear, from an
(de Off. ii. 17) Orestes seems to have carried his incidental notice in Tacitus (Hist. iv. 42), that
election partly by the magnificent treats he gave Orfitus perished not long after this, by an accu-
the people. (Cic. pro Dom 13, pro Plunc. 21; sation of the informer Aquillius Regulns.
Eutrop. vi. 8. )
2. SALVIDIENUS ORFITUS, one of the victims of
ORESTES, AURE'LIUS. 1. LAURELIUS Nero's cruelty and caprice. (Suet. Ner. 37. )
L. P. L. N. ORESTES, consul B. c. 157, with Sex. 3. Paccius OR FITUS, a centurion primi pili in
Julius Caesar. (Fasti Capit. ; Plin. H. N. xxxiii. Corbulo's army in the East, in the reign of Nero.
3. s. 17. )
(Tac. Ann. xiii. 36, xv. 12. )
2. L. AURELIUS L. P. L. N. ORESTES, son of 4. SALVIDIENUS Orfitus, banished by Do-
the preceding, was consul B. C. 126, with M. mitian, on the pretext of conspiracy. (Suet. Dom.
Aemilius Lepidus. He was sent into Sardinia to 10. )
subdue the inhabitants of the island, who had again 5. CORNELIUS Scipio ORFITUS, one of the con-
risen against the Ronian anthority, as they had sules suffecti A. D. 101.
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ORIBASIUS.
ORIBASILS.
6. Sen. SALVIDIENUS ORFITUS, consul A. D. Dec. 355, he took Oribasius with him (Julian, La
110, with M. Peducaeus Priscinus.
p. 277, C. ; Oribas. ap. Phot. Biblioth. Cod. 217);
7. Ser. Scipio ORFITUS, consul A. D. 149, and in the following year (see Clinton's Fasto
with Q. Nonius Priscus. He is perhaps the same Rom. ), on the occasion of some temporary absence,
as the Orfitus who was praefectus urbi in the reign. addressed to him a letter, which is still extant
of Antoninus Pius (Capitol. Anton. Pius, 8). This (Epist. 17), and is an evidence both of their inti-
emperor reigned from A, D. 138 to 161.
macy and of their devotion to paganism. It was
8. M. Gavius ORFirus, consul A. D. 165, with while they were in Gaul together that Julian com-
L. Arrius Pudens,
manded Ori basius to make an epitome of Gaien's
9. ORFITUS, consul A. D. 172, with Maximus. writings, with which he was so much pleased that
(Lamprid. Commod. 11. )
he imposed upon him the further task of adding to
10. Orfitus GAVIus, consul A. d. 178, with the work whatever was most valuable in the other
Julianus Rufus. (Lamprid. Commod. 12. ) medical writers. This he accomplished (though
As the three persons last mentioned all lived in not till after Julian had become emperor, A. D.
