Electra
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
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