ELECTRA

Latinized forma de Griego Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning amber. In Griego myth she was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. She helped her brother kill their mother and her lover Aegisthus in vengeance for Agamemnons murder. Also in Griego mythology, this name was borne by one of the Pleiades, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.

“ə-LEKT-rə (English)”