This man used to fake madness and strip the passers-by; for he was a cloak-thief. Or by way of a nickname, meaning raving like Orestes.[1] And [there is] a saying: 'to weave a cloak for Orestes'.[2] "For if any mortal were to meet the hero Orestes in the night, he would be naked after being struck by him all on the right side."[3] Heroes were wrathful and harsh to those who approached them; this is also why those who entered hero shrines used to do so in silence. But "on the right side": that is, the right side of the field of vision; for those who encountered Orestes were struck. Not [Orestes] the son of Agamemnon but a certain cloak-thief. Or "on the right side": eyes and head. Or because those who encounter heroes during the night used to avert their eyes.