Greek mythology
Electra
The daughter who drives her brother to avenge their father
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Agamemnon · Clytemnestra
- Group
- Mortal · Ruler
- Appears in
- Orestes
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Electra is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, consumed by hatred after her mother and Aegisthus murder her father in his bath. She keeps the memory of his blood alive through years of humiliation, awaiting her exiled brother Orestes. When he returns, she spurs him on to kill their mother and her lover, completing the bloody vengeance of the house of Atreus.
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Orestes
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- Who is Electra?
- Electra is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, consumed by hatred after her mother and Aegisthus murder her father in his bath. She keeps the memory of his blood alive through years of humiliation, awaiting her exiled brother Orestes.
- Which mythology does Electra belong to?
- Electra belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Electra appear in?
- Electra appears in Orestes, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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