Electra (Greek mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Electra or Elektra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra, "amber") was the name of the following women:
- Electra (Oceanid), one of the Oceanids who was the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies.[1]
- Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades.[2]
- Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and the naiad Polyxo. She married and later killed her husband Peristhenes or Hyperantus following the commands of her father.[3][4]
- Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.[5]
- Electra, handmaiden of Helen who fastened her mistress' sandals when she went to the walls of Troy.[6]
- Electra, sister of Cadmus, of whom he named after the Electran gate at Thebes.[7][8] She might be instead the mother of Cadmus because later writers noted that the other name for his mother Telephassa was Electra.[9]