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Electra is the eponymous narrator of her story in the book 'Electra' by Henry Treece. (Bodley Head, 1963: Sphere Books., 1968). (Bodley Head, 1963: Sphere Books., 1968). Electra on Azalea Path is the title of Sylvia Plath 's poem published in 1959, in reference to the Electra Complex
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 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.
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 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]
“Daughter of Ruins” author and longtime “Extra” senior supervising producer Yvette Manessis Corporon has been dreaming of her Greek-historical-and-mythology-laced novels being adapted for ...
Electra and Orestes, matricides. As a psychoanalytic term for daughter–mother psychosexual conflict, the Electra complex derives from the Greek mythological character Electra, who plotted matricidal revenge with Orestes, her brother, against Clytemnestra, their mother, and Aegisthus, their stepfather, for their murder of Agamemnon, their father (cf. Electra, by Sophocles).