Electra

[ ih-lek-truh ]

/ ɪˈlɛk trə /

noun

Also Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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Stay: The Electra Hotel is located only few blocks from the beach in Stavros, in the heart of the town.
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Electra seemed to be dreaming away in a sad reminiscence of his kindness.
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She seized her hand, and Electra pulled it away again, quietly, and yet as if it had no business in that hasty grasp.
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Electra's Glories, and her injur'd Bed; and the two following Lines.
The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)|Joseph Trapp

"Your father confirms you," said Electra, yielding to her overpowering curiosity.
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Then there crept upon her face a look that was the companion to Electra's.
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British Dictionary definitions for electra

Electra

/ (ɪˈlɛktrə) /

noun

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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Culture definitions for electra

Electra

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.