Electra: Meaning and Definition of

E•lec•tra

Pronunciation: (i-lek'tru), [key]
— n.
  1. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.
  2. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also: