Orestheus

Orestheus (Greek: Ὀρεσθεύς), in Greek mythology, was a name attributed to two individuals.

• Orestheus, a son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, was king of the Ozolian Locrians in Aetolia. His dog was said to have given birth to a piece of wood, which Orestheus concealed in the earth. In the spring, a vine grew forth from it, from the sprouts of which (Greek ὅζοι ozoi "branches") he derived the name of his people.^[1]

• Orestheus, a son of Lycaon, was king of Arcadia and the reputed founder of Arcadian Oresthasion, which is said afterwards to have been called Oresteion, from Orestes.^[2]

References

• William Smith, Ed. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology - Orestheus