Electra
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Classical Mythology. Also Elektra the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
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Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.
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The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.
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"Finding Amelia Earhart's Electra aircraft would be the discovery of a lifetime," Richard Pettigrew, head of the ALI and the expedition lead, said.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The Buick Electra E7 is set to be SAIC-GM’s first premium new-energy vehicle model to go overseas in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
US-based aerospace startup Electra expects its nine-seater hybrid plane to take flight by 2029, running on a combination of jet fuel and electric power.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
The wreck of the Electra sits on the Pacific’s floor, Shapiro asserts, at a level deeper than the ruins of the Titanic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
The other two were a girl and a boy, Electra and Orestes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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