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

In fact, you made your Broadway debut in “Gypsy,” as a stripper, Electra, and there was a lot to that name, wasn’t there?

From Los Angeles Times

It’s something she’s touched on in her music before, in 2012’s Electra Heart, on track Teen Idle, she alludes to being bulimic, with mentions of purging.

From BBC

Some startups funded by ARPA-E, like Electra, which received nearly $2.9 million, are pursuing a more fundamental shift: using electricity to power the whole process.

From Science Magazine

Millions of dollars have been spent combing the depths for her Electra, to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times

“The proportions aren’t quite right,” says Jourdan, pointing to the way the wings are swept back rather than straight across, as the Electra’s were.

From National Geographic