Electra
trə noun
1.
Also, Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
2.
Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.
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| Greek myth the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus | |
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Electra
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| a celebrated hero possessing exceptional strength: among his many adventures were the twelve labors performed in order to gain immortality |
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Word Origin & History
Electra
daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, responsible for the murder of her mother, from Gk., lit. "shining, bright." Esp. in psychological Electra complex (1913) in reference to a daughter who feels attraction toward her father and hostility to her mother.
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Electra definition
In classical mythology, a daughter of Agamemnon. To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes, kill their mother and her lover.
Note: The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.
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