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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[daughter]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]] who helped avenge the [[death]] of her [[father]] by working with her [[brother]] [[Orestes]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[daughter]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]] who helped avenge the [[death]] of her [[father]] by working with her [[brother]] [[Orestes]].

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Electra [r]: From Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who helped avenge the death of her father by working with her brother Orestes.