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   Electra
   In Greek mythology, Electra was daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes and Iphigenia. Her hatred of her mother for murdering her father and her desire for revenge, fulfilled by the return of her brother Orestes, made her the subject of tragedies by the Greek dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
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   Electra
   Electra is a city in Wichita County Texas, USA
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   Electra
   [n] - (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
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   Electra
   In Greek mythology, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes and Iphigenia. Her hatred of her mother for murdering her father and the fulfillment of her revenge through Orestes,...
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   Electra
   Title of two separate tragedies by Sophocles and Euripides, produced in Greece about 410 BC and 417 BC respectively. In both plays Electra is devastated by the murder of her father Agamemnon at the...
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   Electra
   Marketing name for lockheed medium-range airliner, Lockheed [US]
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   Electra
   noun (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon`s death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
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   Electra
   In Greek mythology, `Electra` was daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Electra was absent from Mycenae when her father, King Agamemnon, returned from the Trojan War to be murdered by Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover, and/or by Clytemnestra herself. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra also killed Cassandra, Agamemnon's war prize, a prophet priestess of Troy. Eight years later Electra was brought from Athens with her brother, Orestes. (`Odyssey`, iii. 30...
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   Electra
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    Electra
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    Electra
    (from the article `Euripides`) The title character of Electra (c. 418 ; Greek lektra) and her brother Orestes murder their mother, Clytemnestra, in retribution for her murder of ...
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    Electra
    (from the article `Sophocles`) As in Aeschylus` Libation Bearers, the action in Electra (Greek lektra) follows the return of Orestes to kill his mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover ... The most famous instance of supposed acting in ancient Greece was that of the actor Polus performing in the Electra of Sophocles, at Athens in the ... ...
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    Electra
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    Electra
    in Greek legend, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who saved the life of her young brother Orestes by sending him away when their father ... [1 related articles]
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    Electra
    Electra is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `bright, the shining one ` Where is it used? The name Electra is mainly used In Greek Mythology (Latinized) .How do they say it elsewhere? Elettra ( In Italian) The name Electra doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Electra seems to be un
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    Electra
    Electra (ilek'tru) , in Greek mythology. 1. Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. After her mother and Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon, Electra, eager for revenge, longed only for the return of her brother, Orestes. The reunion and vengeance of the brother and sister were dramatized by the three ...
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