Electra (disambiguation)
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Electra (often spelt Elektra) has several meanings:
In the Arts
- Electra is the name of several figures from Greek mythology, but most usually referring to the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.
- Electra is the name of a play by Sophocles, written circa 410 BC, dramatizing the events around the most famous Electra named above.
- Electra is the name of an album composed by Arild Andersen for Yannis Margaritis' presentation of Sophocles' play Electra. It uses very modern composition techniques, and is released on the record label ECM.
- Electra is also the name of a play by Euripides, telling the same story in a rather different fashion.
- Elektra is a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, based on the Sophocles play.
- Elektra is an opera by composer Richard Strauss, with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, based on his own play.
- Elektra is a 1962 film by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Irene Papas, based on Euripides' play.
- Electra is the name of Cathy's dog in the Cathy comic strip.
- Elektra is a fictional Marvel Comics character.
- Elektra is a 2005 film based on the comic book character, starring Jennifer Garner in the title role.
- Elektra Records was a US record label.
- Electra is a character in Starlight Express
People
- Carmen Electra is an American model, television personality, actress and singer.
Geography
- Electra is a place in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.
- Electra is a small city in the U.S. state of Texas.
- Electra Drive (電星道) is a street inside the former Hong Kong International Airport (Kai Tak Airport).
Technology
- Electra was a teletext service that was available from the early 1980s to the early 90s on American cable tv channel SuperStation WTBS (now TBS Superstation).
- The Elektra Initiative is an alternative back-end for text configuration files in the GNU/Linux operating system, comparable to the Windows registry.
Transportation
- Electra can also refer to the Lockheed L-10 and L-188 aircraft.
- The Electra is also the name of an automobile made by Buick.
- Electra is a codename for the British Rail Class 91 electric locomotive.
- Electra was a name of a Great Western Railway Firefly class 2-2-2 locomotive.
- the Electra Bicycle Company makes cruiser bicycles
Astronomy
- Electra is the star 17 Tauri.
- 130 Elektra is an asteroid.
Miscellaneous
- There were four British Royal Navy ships named HMS Electra.
- The Electra complex is a psychiatric concept named for the same mythological figure featured in the plays mentioned above.
- Elektra SRL is an Italian company that manufactures espresso coffee machines.
- Electra FM is a radio station in Corinth.
- Electra TV is a television station in Corinth.
- Elektra is a Mexican home appliance store chain.
- Elektra Women's Choir is an amateur women's choir based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Electra was a fictional cat in T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
- Professional wrestling valet Donna Adamo was known as Elektra.
- Electra is the name of an Israeli band from Tel Aviv.
- The Electra is the name of a skyscraper in Vancouver, BC
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