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A-Z: General definitions: Electra
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Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Orestes, Iphigeneia and Chrysothemis. Some accounts involve her in the death of Aegisthus.King of Mycenae, son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus and husband of Clytemnestra.
Wife of Agamemnon, she later instigated his murder
The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who killed his mother and her lover Aegisthus to avenge his father's murder.
Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, due to be sacrificed to appease Artemis and so provide favourable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.
Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, and sister of Orestes, Electra and Iphigeneia.
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