Electra
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(1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnon
and Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes.
Agamemnon was the leader of the Achaean (Greek)
forces in the Trojan War. While her husband was
gone to war, Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus.
When Agamemnon finally returned, he brought
with him the lovely Cassandra. Aided by Aegisthus,
Clytemnestra murdered both Agamemnon and
Cassandra. To avenge their father's death, Electra
and Orestes murdered Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
Electra eventually married Pylades.
Many great playwrights tell the story of this tragic
mythical family, including Aeschylus, Sophocles,
and Euripides, and in modern times Eugene O'Neill
(1883–1953) in Mourning Becomes Electra.
Electra (2) Greek One of the Pleiades;
daughter of Atlas and Pleione; mother, by Zeus,
of Dardanus, the founder of Troy. Some say that
Electra was the lost Pleiad, who faded away with grief
after the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy.
Electra (3) (Amber) Greek A sea Nymph, or
Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; one of
the eldest of this group of nymphs, which numbered
in the thousands; considered one of the secondgeneration
Titans. She married Thaumus, a son of
Gaia and Pontus, and with him was the mother of Iris
(Rainbow) and the Harpies (Winds).
Electra was considered a bright shining nymph
who shone with an amber glow and was thought to
live among the clouds, which would be appropriate
since she was mother of rainbows and the spirits of
sharp strong winds.
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- Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes.
- Orestes Greek The only son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; brother of Electra, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis.
- Plutus Greek Son of Demeter and Iasion, son of Zeus and Electra (2); god of wealth and of the Earth's abundant harvests.
- Harpies (Swift Robbers) Greek The storm winds; daughters of Electra (3), a sea Nymph, and an ancient sea god, Thaumus; sisters of the goddess of rainbows, Iris.
- Electra (1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes.