Electra
First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.2
🌐 Also appears in: Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Electra)
Electra is named among the Oceanids born to Ocean and Tethys. In Hesiod, she married Thaumas and bore Iris, Aello, and Ocypetes.
She is also described as a daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiades, and as the mother of Iasion and Dardanus by Zeus. In another account, she was a daughter of Agamemnon and sister to Orestes, whom she smuggled away; she was later united in marriage to Pylades.
Relationship record
Life events
- Ocean and Tethys produced the Oceanids, including Asia, Styx, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Amphitrite, and Metis.(Apollodorus, Library 1.2)
- Thaumas married Electra, who bore Iris, Aello, and Ocypetes.(Hesiod, Theogony 139-265)
- With: Thaumas Iris Aello Ocypetes
- “And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep-flowing Ocean, and she bare him swift Iris and the long-haired Harpies, Aello (Storm-swift) and Ocypetes (Swift-flier) who on their swift wings keep pace with the blasts of the winds and the birds; for quick as time they dart along.”
Apollodorus, Library 1.2
- parent: Ocean “to Ocean and Tethys were born Oceanids, to wit, Asia , Styx, Electra”
- parent: Tethys “to Ocean and Tethys were born Oceanids, to wit, Asia , Styx, Electra”
- child: Iris “to Thaumas and Electra were born Iris and the Harpies, Aello and Ocypete”
- child: Aello “to Thaumas and Electra were born Iris and the Harpies, Aello and Ocypete”
- child: Ocypete “to Thaumas and Electra were born Iris and the Harpies, Aello and Ocypete”
Apollodorus, Library 3.10
- parent: Atlas “Atlas and Pleione, daughter of Ocean, had seven daughters called the Pleiades, born to them at Cyllene in Arcadia , to wit: Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno, Electra, Sterope, Taygete, and Maia.”
- parent: Pleione “Atlas and Pleione, daughter of Ocean, had seven daughters called the Pleiades, born to them at Cyllene in Arcadia , to wit: Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno, Electra, Sterope, Taygete, and Maia.”
Apollodorus, Library 3.12
- child: Iasion “Electra, daughter of Atlas, had two sons, Iasion and Dardanus, by Zeus.”
- child: Dardanus “Electra, daughter of Atlas, had two sons, Iasion and Dardanus, by Zeus.”
- with Zeus (interaction) “afterwards Electra, at the time of her violation, took refuge at the image”
Hesiod, Theogony 139-265
- married with Thaumas “And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep-flowing Ocean”
- child: Ocypetes “And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep-flowing Ocean, and she bare him swift Iris and the long-haired Harpies, Aello (Storm-swift) and Ocypetes (Swift-flier)”
- courtship with Thaumas “And Thaumas wedded Electra the daughter of deep-flowing Ocean”
Apollodorus, Epitome 2
- parent: Agamemnon (Electra was born to Agamemnon.) “And there were born to Agamemnon a son Orestes, and daughters, Chrysothemis, Electra, and Iphigenia.”
Apollodorus, Epitome 6
- siblings with Orestes “Electra, one of Agamemnon's daughters, smuggled away her brother Orestes”
- married with Pylades “he united his sister Electra in marriage to Pylades”
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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.