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| E·lec·tra [ i léktrə ] |
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vengeful Greek tragic daughter: in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She helped her brother Orestes to avenge their father's murder by killing their mother and Clytemnestra's lover.
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| [< Greek Ēlektra, literally "bright, beaming" < ēlektōr "sun"] |
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