Definition of Electra

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Electra complex >

E·lec·tra

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NOUN:
Greek Mythology

A daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon who with her brother Orestes avenged the murder of Agamemnon by killing their mother and her lover, Aegisthus.

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