Elektra

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Elektra (or Electra) is the name of several persons in Greek mythology.

[edit] Elektra of Mycenae

Elektra of Mycenae was the daughter of King Agamemnon of Mycenae and Klytaimnestra. She had a brother, Orestes, and two sisters, Iphigeneia and Chrysothemis.

After the Trojan War, Agamemnon was killed by Klytaimnestra and her lover Aegisthos. Elektra helped Orestes to kill their mother Klytaimnestra and her lover, to get revenge.

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