Elektra

Also known as Electra

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.

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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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Image: Tieck, Elektra, 1824.jpg

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Commons category: Electra
name in native language: Ἠλέκτρα

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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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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.