Electra
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In Greek mythology, Electra (Greek:Ηλέκτρα) was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and was a sibling to Iphigeneia, Chrysothemis and Orestes. She is the main character in the Greek tragedies Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides and has inspired various other works.
Electra was absent from Mycenae when her father, King Agamemnon, returned from the Trojan War to be murdered by Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover, and/or by Clytemnestra herself. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra also killed...
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