Electra (disambiguation)
Electra was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.
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Electra or Elektra may also refer to:
Greek mythology
- Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades
- Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo
- Electra (Oceanid), the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies
Places
Terrestrial features
Outer space
- Electra (star), 17 Tauri
- 130 Elektra, an asteroid
Municipalities
- Electra, California
- Electra, Texas
- Electra, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia
Buildings
- Electra (San Diego), a condominium tower located in downtown San Diego
- Electra Building, Vancouver, a skyscraper
- Electra House, a building at 84 Moorgate, London, England
- Electra High School
- Electra Tower
People
- Carmen Electra (born 1972), American model, actress, and singer
- Elektra (name), female given name
- Elektra (wrestling) (born 1970), stage name of Donna Adamo, professional wrestling valet and adult model
- Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), American museum founder
- Electra Waggoner Biggs (1912–2001)
- Electra Carlin (1912–2000)
- Electra Collins Doren (1861–1927), suffragette and library scientist
- Dorian Electra (born 1992)
- Justine Electra
- Electra Waggoner (1882–1925)
- Electra Mustaine (born 1998)
Art, entertainment, and media
Comics
- Elektra: Assassin (1986), a comics miniseries dedicated to the Marvel character
Fictional characters
- Electra (cat), in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in the musical Cats
- Elektra (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- "Electra", Cathy's dog in the Cathy comic strip
- Electra the Electric Train, a character in Starlight Express
- Elektra King, in The World is not Enough
- Elektra (Tracy Beaker Returns character)
- Elektra, the princess of the Electric Eels from Sea Princesses
Film
- Electra (1962 film), based on the Euripides play
- Electra, a 1996 Shannon Tweed film
- Elektra (2005 film), a film based on the Marvel character
- Elektra (2010 film), a Malayalam psychological drama film
Groups
- Electra (band), an electronic musical band from the United Kingdom
- Electra (Israeli band), an Israeli rock'n'roll band
- Elektra (band), a pop rock band from Iceland
Albums
- Electra (album), by Alice Caymmi
- Electra (Arild Andersen album)
- Elektra (Suspekt album), 2011
- Elektra: The Album, the soundtrack to the 2005 film
Songs
- "Electra" (song), a 2009 song by heavy metal band Dio
Operas
- Elektra (opera), by Richard Strauss
- Electra, by Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner
- Elektra, by Mikis Theodorakis
Plays
- Electra (Euripides play)
- Electra (Sophocles play)
- Electra (Giraudoux play), 1930
- Electra (Wijesinha play), 1986
- Elektra, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles
- Elektra (started in 1949, first performed 1987), a play by Ezra Pound and Rudd Fleming
- Electra, a 1901 play written by Benito Pérez Galdós
Business
- Electra (company), electricity and water company in Cape Verde
- Elektra (espresso machines), an Italian producer of high-quality espresso machines
- Electra Bicycle Company, a Vista, California-based bicycle brand/company
- Electra Guitars, a brand of imported electric guitar of the 70s and 80s
- Electra Partners Europe, the pan-European private equity firm renamed Cognetas
- Electra Private Equity, the London-based listed investment trust
- Elektra Records, a U.S. record label
- Grupo Elektra, a Mexican corporation
- Electra Airways, airline
Science and technology
- Electra (radio), telecommunications transceiver for Mars spacecraft
- Electra, an iOS jailbreak app
- Electra (bryozoan), a genus of aquatic invertebrates, including Electra pilosa
- Elektra (bug), a genus of insects in the tribe Mirini
- Electra (teletext), a teletext service from the early 1980s to the early 1990s
- Electra complex, a psychiatric concept
- Electra, a satellite also known as Explorer-1 Prime
- Elektra (layout engine)
- Elektra, a navigation system developed from the Lorenz beam
- Electra (satellite), a project for a communications satellite with all-electric propulsion
Transportation
- Buick Electra, full-size premium automobiles built by the Buick division of General Motors
- Lockheed L-188 Electra, an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed
- Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner from the 1930s
- Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s
- Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, a civil cargo and passenger aircraft
- Electra, an express electric locomotive of the type British Rail Class 77 built in 1953 for the Woodhead Line
- Electra, an early codename for the British Rail Class 91 electric locomotive
- Electra, a Great Western Railway Firefly class 2-2-2 locomotive
- Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, a motorcycle in the FL model series since 1965
- HMS Electra, five ships
- USS Electra
- HS Elektra
Organizations
- Electra (arts organisation), London-based non-profit arts organisation
- Elektra Berlin, a German association football club
Other uses
- Electra (typeface), a serif typeface
- Electra (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse
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