Electra
Role: mythical woman · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 16
At Mycenæ, Electra married Pylades, and Orestes gave her away. Their children were Medon (son of Pylades) and Strophius (son of Pylades). Elsewhere, Electra is identified as the daughter of Agamemnon.
Relationship record
Life events
- Electra married Pylades, and Orestes gave her away.(Book 2 · Chapter 16 · 📍 Mycenæ)
Book 2 · Chapter 16
- married with Pylades “There is also the tomb of Electra, who married Pylades, and Orestes gave her away.”
- with Orestes (Orestes gave Electra away at her marriage.) “There is also the tomb of Electra, who married Pylades, and Orestes gave her away.”
- child: Medon (son of Pylades) “And Hellanicus has recorded that Medon and Strophius were the issue of the marriage.”
- child: Strophius (son of Pylades) “And Hellanicus has recorded that Medon and Strophius were the issue of the marriage.”
Book 9 · Chapter 40
- parent: Agamemnon “I think it was taken to Phocis by Electra the daughter of Agamemnon.”
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