Electra/Elektra (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

Electra (often spelt Elektra) has several meanings:

• Electra, or Elektra, the name of several figures from Greek mythology, but most usually referring to the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who is the title character of one of Sophocles's plays.
• The Electra complex is a psychiatric concept
• In drama, Electra (usual spelling in English) is the name of a play by Sophocles, written circa 410 BC, dramatizing the events recounted above. It is one of only seven plays of his of which copies still survive.
  • Electra (usual spelling in English) is also the name of a play by Euripides, telling the same story in a rather different fashion.
• Elektra is a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, based on the Sophocles play Electra.
• Elektra is a 1962 film by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Irene Papas, and based on the Euripides play Electra.
• Elektra is an opera by composer Richard Strauss, with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, based on his own play.

• Electra can also refer to the Lockheed L-10 and L-188 aircraft
• Electra is also the name of a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America
• The Electra is also the name of an automobile made by Buick
• Electra FM is a radio station in Corinth
• Electra TV is a television station in Corinth

• 130 Elektra is an asteroid.
• Elektra Records is a recording company.
• Elektra is a fictional Marvel Comics character.
• Elektra is a 2005 movie, based on the Marvel Comics character
• Elektra is a Mexican home appliance store chain.