Electra (Pleiad)

Electra
Electra
The Samothracian Pleiad Nymph
Member of the Pleiades
	The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
Abode	Mt. Cyllene on Arcadia or later ; Mt. Saon on Samothrace
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Parents	Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings	(a) Pleiades Maia ; Taygete ; Alcyone ; Celaeno ; Sterope ; Merope ; (b) Hyades 1 include Dione or ; 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or ; 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or; (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or ; 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or; (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or; (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis ; (c) Hyas
Consort	(i) Zeus; (ii) Corythus
Children	(i) & (ii) Dardanus, Iasion (or Iasus or Eetion), Harmonia and; (i) Emathion

In Greek mythology, Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα 'amber'^[1]) was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. She lived on the island of Samothrace. She had two sons, Dardanus and Iasion (or Eetion), by Zeus.^[2]

Electra was connected with the legend of the Palladium, the sacred statue, which became the talismanic protector of Troy. Electra, along with the rest of the Pleiades, were transformed into stars by Zeus. By some accounts she was the one star among seven of the constellation not easily seen because, since she could not bear to look upon the destruction of Troy, she hid her eyes, or turned away; or in her grief, she abandoned her sisters and became a comet.^[3]

^ A Greek-English Lexicon s.v. ἤλεκτρον.
^ Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 646 ff.
^ Hard 2004, pp. 297–298, 517–519, p. 521; Gantz, pp. 212–215, 558; Fowler 2013, pp. 415–417, p. 522; Grimal, s.v. Electra 2; Tripp, s.v. Electra (3); Smith, s.v. Electra 2; Oxford Classical Dictionary s.v. Electra (2); Parada, s.v. Electra 3.

[1] A Greek-English Lexicon s.v. ἤλεκτρον.

[:0-2] Pseudo-Scymnos, Circuit de la terre 646 ff.

[3] Hard 2004, pp. 297–298, 517–519, p. 521; Gantz, pp. 212–215, 558; Fowler 2013, pp. 415–417, p. 522; Grimal, s.v. Electra 2; Tripp, s.v. Electra (3); Smith, s.v. Electra 2; Oxford Classical Dictionary s.v. Electra (2); Parada, s.v. Electra 3.

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Electra
The Samothracian Pleiad Nymph
Member of the Pleiades
The Pleiades by Elihu Vedder
Abode	Mt. Cyllene on Arcadia or later Mt. Saon on Samothrace
Personal information
Parents	Atlas and Pleione or Aethra
Siblings	(a) Pleiades Maia Taygete Alcyone Celaeno Sterope Merope (b) Hyades 1 include Dione or 2 includes Thyone and Prodice or 3 includes (i) Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis) and Philia or (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Eudora and Ambrosia or 5 includes (i) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Cleeia (or Cleis), Phaeo and Eudora or (ii) Aesyle (or Phaisyle), Coronis, Eudora, Ambrosia and Polyxo or (iii) Pytho, Synecho, Baccho, Cardie and Niseis (c) Hyas
Consort	(i) Zeus (ii) Corythus
Children	(i) & (ii) Dardanus, Iasion (or Iasus or Eetion), Harmonia and (i) Emathion