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ELECTRA
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: ə-LEKT-rə (English) [key]
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From the Greek Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber". In Greek myth she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnon's murder. |
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