Electra

[ ih-lek-truh ]

noun

1. Also Elektra. Classical Mythology. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
2. Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

Electra

/ ɪˈlɛktrə /

noun

1. 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

Electra

1. In classical mythology , a daughter of Agamemnon . To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes , kill their mother and her lover.

Notes

The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.

Example Sentences

Her father, the Freudian practitioner, explains she clearly has an “Electra complex,” “she was really in love with him and wanted to marry him and there was no point in denying it.”

From Washington Post

He changed his name to Ronnie Rocket, becomes a bona fide rock star, and attracts a fetching tap-dancer, Electra-Cute.

From The Daily Beast

People are still hunting for her and her Lockheed Electra today.

From The Daily Beast

Stay: The Electra Hotel is located only few blocks from the beach in Stavros, in the heart of the town.

From The Daily Beast

I have already referred to the phenomenal success of Perez Galdós's Electra within the last few months.

From Project Gutenberg

Electra says when she pours a libation: "This drink has penetrated the earth; my father has received it" (Choephorœ, 162).

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Electra's Glories, and her injur'd Bed; and the two following Lines.

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On his faithful friend Pylades he bestowed the hand of his beloved sister, the good and faithful Electra.

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Even Strauss's "Electra" is founded on carefully considered rules; his discords are not accidents.

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