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| 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. |
| E·lec·tra (ĭ-lěk'trə) n. Greek Mythology A daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who with her brother Orestes avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover, Aegisthus. |
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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