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ELECTRA
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GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Ηλεκτρα (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: ə-LEKT-rə (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Latinized form of 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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