Elektra
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Electra, also spelt Elektra (; ; ), is a princess of Mycenae and the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Famously, Electra and her brother Orestes attack and kill Clytemnestra to avenge their father's murder.
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Elektra is a princess from Greek mythology, daughter of the famous king Agamemnon and his wife Clytemnestra. She is best known for joining her brother Orestes in killing their mother to avenge their father's death.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- File:Orestes Electra Python MAN.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Electra meeting Orestes, c.340-330 B.C
- Deity.deity_of
- Daughter of Agamemnon
- Deity.abode
- Mycenae
- Deity.father
- Agamemnon
- Deity.mother
- Clytemnestra
- Deity.siblings
- Iphigenia, Orestes, and Chrysothemis
- Deity.spouse
- Pylades
- Deity.dynasty
- Atreid Dynasty
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- Family
- Murder of Agamemnon
- Murder of Clytemnestra
- Aeschylus
- Sophocles
- Euripides
- Adaptations of the Electra story
- Plays
- Opera
- Films
- Literature
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- References
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In Greek mythology, Electra, also spelt Elektra (; ; ), is a princess of Mycenae and the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Famously, Electra and her brother Orestes attack and kill Clytemnestra to avenge their father's murder.
She is the titular main character of two Greek tragedies: Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in plays by Aeschylus, Alfieri, Voltaire, Hofmannsthal, Eugene O'Neill, and Jean-Paul Sartre. She is a vengeful soul in The Libation Bearers, the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy.