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Electra Definition

Elec·tra (ē lek′trə, i-)

noun

Gr. Myth. a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra: she encourages her brother, Orestes, to kill their mother and their mother's lover, who together murdered Agamemnon

Etymology: L < Gr Elektra, lit., shining one: see electric

Electra Quotes

Mourning Becomes Electra.

—O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone