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Euripides tragedy
Answer for the clue "Euripides tragedy ", 7 letters:
electra
Alternative clues for the word electra
- She plotted to kill Clytemnestra
- (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
- Persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
- Rodman's ex
- Dog in the comic strip "Cathy"
- Sophocles play
- Select raft to carry mythological princess
Word definitions for electra in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also called Laodice , a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, the accomplice of her brother Orestes in the murder of their mother, from Greek Elektra , literally "shining, bright," related to elektor "the beaming sun" and perhaps to elektron "amber." ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Electra ( Ilektra ) is a 1962 Greek film based on the play, Electra , written by Euripides . It was directed by Michael Cacoyannis , as the first installment of his "Greek tragedy" trilogy, followed by The Trojan Women in 1971 and Iphigenia in 1977. It ...
Usage examples of electra.
If Electra could have chosen any woman to compete against, Nada would have been at the very bottom of her list.
He had not given Electra a second glance, and not just because she was clothed.
Electra dismounted, and Nada resumed her human form and donned her dress, panties, and slippers, which Electra had carried in her knapsack.
He had done well enough, all things considered, these past three years, though Electra understood he sometimes had to scramble for a difficult Answer.
Why Ivy and Grey were affianced, while Dolph, Nada, and Electra were betrothed, was a question none of them had ever quite worked out.
And while the shells were distracted by the target, Nada and Electra quietly swam across and emerged on the castle side.
Nada would have been a sight for sore eyes, while Electra would have been a sight to make eyes sore.
Nada and Electra stared at her, caught between astonishment and outrage.
That was probably just as well, Electra thought, because those eyes had been in danger of popping loose.
He knew it would make everyone else happy, including both Nada and Electra, if he married Electra.
Betrothees would head out, and Nada would try to discourage Dolph from coming along, while Electra would encourage him.
But it would not make any more sense for him to marry Electra than it would for Nada to marry him.
He was really worried about Nada and Electra, but worried about the hole in Xanth too.
Nada to think of just how old Electra was, if her age were measured from the time of her birth.
Fattening, while Electra could eat anything she pleased and remain athletically slender.