Electra

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(1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnonand Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes.Agamemnon was the leader of the Achaean (Greek)forces in the Trojan War. While her husband wasgone to war, Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus.When Agamemnon finally returned, he broughtwith him the lovely Cassandra. Aided by Aegisthus,Clytemnestra murdered both Agamemnon andCassandra. To avenge their father's death, Electraand Orestes murdered Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.Electra eventually married Pylades.Many great playwrights tell the story of this tragicmythical family, including Aeschylus, Sophocles,and Euripides, and in modern times Eugene O'Neill(1883–1953) in Mourning Becomes Electra.Electra (2) Greek One of the Pleiades;daughter of Atlas and Pleione; mother, by Zeus,of Dardanus, the founder of Troy. Some say thatElectra was the lost Pleiad, who faded away with griefafter the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy.Electra (3) (Amber) Greek A sea Nymph, orOceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; one ofthe eldest of this group of nymphs, which numberedin the thousands; considered one of the secondgenerationTitans. She married Thaumus, a son ofGaia and Pontus, and with him was the mother of Iris(Rainbow) and the Harpies (Winds).Electra was considered a bright shining nymphwho shone with an amber glow and was thought tolive among the clouds, which would be appropriatesince she was mother of rainbows and the spirits ofsharp strong winds.