Electra, also spelt Elektra, was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.

Electra or Elektra may also refer to:

Animals

  • Electra (bryozoan), a genus of aquatic invertebrates
  • Elektra (bug), a genus of insects in the tribe Mirini
  • Electra (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse

Arts and entertainment

:For fictional characters, see Elektra (name).

Comics

  • Elektra: Assassin (1986), a comics miniseries dedicated to the Marvel character

Film

  • Electra (1962 film), based on the Euripides play
  • Electra, a 1996 Shannon Tweed film
  • Elektra (2005 film), a film based on the Marvel character
  • Elektra (2010 film), a Malayalam psychological drama film
  • Electra (2023 film), a Czech short film by Daria Kashcheeva
  • Electra (2024 film), an American and Italian independent film

Music

Groups

  • , a German prog-rock band
  • Electra (band), an electronic musical band from the United Kingdom
  • Electra (Israeli band), an Israeli rock'n'roll band
  • Elektra (band), a pop rock band from Iceland

Albums

  • Electra (album), by Alice Caymmi
  • Electra (Arild Andersen album)
  • Elektra (Suspekt album), 2011
  • Elektra: The Album, the soundtrack to the 2005 film

Songs

  • "Electra" (song), a 2009 song by heavy metal band Dio
  • "Electra", a 2024 song by British art rock group Public Service Broadcasting

Operas

  • Elektra (opera), by Richard Strauss
  • Electra, by Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner
  • Elektra, by Mikis Theodorakis

Plays

  • Electra (Euripides play)
  • Electra (Sophocles play)
  • Electra (Giraudoux play), 1930
  • Electra (Wijesinha play), 1986
  • Elektra, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocles
  • Elektra (started in 1949, first performed 1987), a play by Ezra Pound and Rudd Fleming
  • Electra, a 1901 play by Benito Pérez Galdós

Buildings

  • Electra Building, Vancouver, Canada, a skyscraper
  • Electra House, a building at 84 Moorgate, London, England
  • Electra Tower, an office skyscraper in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Electra (San Diego), a condominium tower in downtown San Diego, California, United States

Businesses and brands

  • Electra (company), an electricity and water company in Cape Verde
  • Electra Airways, a Bulgarian airline
  • Electra Bicycle Company, an American bicycle company
  • Electra Guitars, a brand of imported electric guitar of the '70s and 80s
  • Electra Partners Europe, former name of European private equity firm Motion Equity Partners
  • Elektra Records, an American record label
  • Elektra (stores),a Mexican retail chain
  • Grupo Elektra, a Mexican corporation
  • Unbound Group, formerly Electra Private Equity, a London-based listed investment trust

People and fictional and mythological characters

  • Elektra (name), people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Elektra or variations thereof
  • Electra (mythology), several figures from Greek mythology
  • Carmen Electra, American actress, model and singer born Tara Leigh Patrick (born 1972)
  • Dorian Electra, American singer and songwriter born Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg (born 1992)
  • Justine Electra, Australian musician born Justine Beatty (born c. 1978)

Places

Terrestrial features

  • Mount Electra
  • Electra Lake
  • Electra Peak

Outer space

  • Electra (star), 17 Tauri
  • 130 Elektra, an asteroid

Municipalities

  • Electra, California
  • Electra, Texas
  • Electra, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia

Technology

  • Electra, an iOS jailbreak app
  • Electra (radio), telecommunications transceiver for Mars spacecraft
  • Electra (satellite), a project for a communications satellite with all-electric propulsion
  • Electra (teletext), a teletext service from the early 1980s to the early 1990s
  • Electra, a satellite also known as Explorer-1 Prime
  • Elektra, a navigation system developed from the Lorenz beam
  • Elektra (layout engine)

Transportation

Aircraft

  • Lockheed L-188 Electra, an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed
  • Lockheed Model 10 Electra, a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner from the 1930s
  • Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior, an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s
  • Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, a civil cargo and passenger aircraft

Motor vehicles

  • Buick Electra, full-size premium automobiles built by the Buick division of General Motors
  • Harley-Davidson Electra Glide, a motorcycle in the FL model series since 1965

Rail

  • Electra, an express electric locomotive of the type British Rail Class 77 built in 1953 for the Woodhead Line
  • Electra, an early codename for the British Rail Class 91 electric locomotive
  • Electra, a Great Western Railway Firefly class 2-2-2 locomotive

Ships

  • , five ships of the U.K. Royal Navy
  • SS Electra, a cargo ship which was renamed
  • , two ships of the U.S. Navy
  • , a Hungarian steamship

Other uses

  • Elektra Berlin, a German association football club
  • Electra High School
  • Electra (arts organisation), a London-based non-profit arts organisation
  • Electra (typeface), a serif typeface

See also

  • Electra complex, a psychiatric concept
  • Electra-Afikim, an Israeli bus company
  • Elecktra, drag performer
  • Électre, a 1782 opera by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne on the myth of Electra