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Electra, also spelt Elektra ( / əˈlɛktrə /; [ 1] Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, romanized : Ēléktrā, lit. ' amber '; [ɛː.lék.traː] ), is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies. [ 2] She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides. She is also the central figure in ...
Orestes, Electra and Hermes at Agamemnon's tomb. Side A of a Lucanian red-figure pelike, c. 380–370 BC. Euripides ' Electra ( Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) is a play probably written in the mid 410s BC, likely before 413 BC. It is unclear whether it was first produced before or after Sophocles ' version of the Electra story.
Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod – Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BC. In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis ( / ɒˈrɛstiːz /; Greek: Ὀρέστης [oréstɛːs]) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and the brother ...
TRN Sports previews the 2024 Electra Tigers high school football season where Ian McKiddy inherits to keys to the offense from his older brother. McKiddy follows in brother's footsteps as Electra ...
Electra. (Sophocles play) Electra, also Elektra or The Electra[ 1] ( Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, [ 2] Ēlektra ), is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes (409 BC) and the Oedipus at Colonus (406 BC) lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of ...
Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon by Frederic Leighton, c. 1869. In neo-Freudian psychology, the Electra complex, as proposed by Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) in his Theory of Psychoanalysis, [1] [2] is a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.
Elektra Natchios ( UK: / ˈnætʃiɒs /, US: /- oʊs /) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually in supporting roles featuring the superhero Matt Murdock / Daredevil, to whom Elektra has functioned as a villainous adversary, love interest, and later, a heroic ally.
Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill.The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker (Ezra), Earle Larimore (Orin), Alice Brady (Lavinia) and Alla Nazimova (Christine).