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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Ancient Greek: Ἶρις, romanized: Îris, lit. 'rainbow,' [2] [3] Ancient Greek:) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, [4] the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera.
Electra, also spelt Elektra (/ ə ˈ l ɛ k t r ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, romanized: Ēléktrā, lit. 'amber'; [ɛː.lék.traː]), is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies. [2] She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides.
Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and the naiad Polyxo. She married and later killed her husband Peristhenes or Hyperantus following the commands of her father. [3] [4] Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. [5] Electra, handmaiden of Helen who fastened her mistress' sandals when she went to the walls of ...
In Greek mythology, Electra (/ ɪ ˈ l ɛ k t r ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, romanized: Ēléktra, lit. 'amber') was one of the 3,000 Oceanids , water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys .
In Greek mythology, Thaumas or Thaumant (/ ˈ θ ɔː m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θαύμας; gen.: Θαύμαντος) was a sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia, and the full brother of Nereus, Phorcys, Ceto and Eurybia. [1]
In Greek mythology, Electra (/ ɪ ˈ l ɛ k t r ə /; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα 'amber' [1]) was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. She lived on the island of Samothrace . She had two sons, Dardanus and Iasion (or Eetion ), by Zeus.
In the Iliad, [1] Iphianassa (/ ˌ ɪ f i ə ˈ n æ s ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιάνασσα, romanized: Iphiánassa, lit. 'strong queen') is an obscure and controversial daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sister to Laodice [2] and Chrysothemis, sometimes considered identical to Iphigeneia. [3]
Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, making her a Spartan Princess. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan, seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces (Pollux) from the other.