 His son by Hermione, Tisamenus, became ruler after him but was eventually killed by the Heracleidae.There is extant a Latin epic poem, consisting of about 1000 hexameters, called "Orestes Tragoedia", which has been ascribed to Dracontius of Carthage.Orestes appears also to be a dramatic prototype for all persons whose crime is mitigated by extenuating circumstances.