# Electra (disambiguation)

Electra, also spelt Elektra, was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.
Electra or Elektra may also refer to:

## Greek mythology

* Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades
* Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo
* Electra (Oceanid), the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies

## Animals

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

## Art, entertainment, and media
### Comics

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

### Fictional characters

* Electra (cat), in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in the musical Cats
* Elektra (character), a Marvel Comics character
* "Electra", Cathy's dog in the Cathy comic strip
* Electra the Electric Train, a character in Starlight Express
* Elektra King, in The World is not Enough
* Elektra (Tracy Beaker Returns character)
* Elektra, the princess of the Electric Eels from Sea Princesses

### 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

### Music
#### Groups

* de:Electra (deutsche Band), 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

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

### 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 written by Benito Pérez Galdós

## Organisations and brands

* Electra (arts organisation), London-based non-profit arts organisation
* Electra (company), electricity and water company in Cape Verde
* Electra-Afikim, an Israeli bus company
* Electra Airways, airline
* Electra Bicycle Company, Vista, California-based bicycle brand/company
* Electra Guitars, brand of imported electric guitar of the 70s and 80s
* Electra Partners Europe, former name of European private equity firm Motion Equity Partners
* Elektra Berlin, a German association football club
* Elektra Records, U.S. record label
* Elektra (stores), Mexican retail chain
* Grupo Elektra, Mexican corporation
* Unbound Group, formerly Electra Private Equity, London-based listed investment trust

## People

* Elektra (name) people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Elektra or variations thereof

## 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

### Buildings

* Electra (San Diego), a condominium tower located in downtown San Diego
* Electra Building, Vancouver, a skyscraper
* Electra House, a building at 84 Moorgate, London, England
* Electra High School
* Electra Tower

## 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

* HMS Electra, five ships
* USS Electra
* HS Elektra

## Other uses

* Electra (typeface), a serif typeface
* Electra complex, a psychiatric concept