Electra (1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes.

Electra (1) Greek Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Iphigenia and Orestes. Agamemnon was the leader of the Achaean (Greek) forces in the Trojan War. While her husband was gone to war, Clytemnestra took a lover, Aegisthus. When Agamemnon finally returned, he brought with him the lovely Cassandra. Aided by Aegisthus, Clytemnestra murdered both Agamemnon and Cassandra. To avenge their father's death, Electra and Orestes murdered Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. Electra eventually married Pylades. Many great playwrights tell the story of this tragic mythical 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 that Electra was the lost Pleiad, who faded away with grief after the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy. Electra (3) (Amber) Greek A sea Nymph, or Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; one of the eldest of this group of nymphs, which numbered in the thousands; considered one of the secondgeneration Titans. She married Thaumus, a son of Gaia and Pontus, and with him was the mother of Iris (Rainbow) and the Harpies (Winds). Electra was considered a bright shining nymph who shone with an amber glow and was thought to live among the clouds, which would be appropriate since she was mother of rainbows and the spirits of sharp strong winds.