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What does Electra mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
  2. (astronomy) One of the stars in the Pleiades star cluster.
  3. (rare) A female given name.
Name
  1. A female given name of Greek origin.
    1. (meaning, history) Brilliant.
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Euripides' Electra ironically questions belief in a metaphysical system that encourages crime only to punish it.
They advise and prod Orestes, Pylades, and Electra along, urging them to seek out revenge for Agamemnon's death.
There is a faint squeak of the Electra complex here, which nicely complements the grunting Oedipal backchat between the two McClanes.
Moreover, Glen's mother suffered from an Electra complex that ranged from extreme love, to extreme hatred, of her own father.
Meanwhile, poor sad Cynthia is so caught up in her Electra complex that she can't see the incest for the sleaze.
Her desire to get her father's attention with lipstick is characteristic of the Electra complex she has for him.

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