Electra (Pleiad)

Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra "amber") of Greek mythology was one of the seven Pleiads, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. 
== Mythology ==
Electra was born to Atlas, the titan who was punished to hold up the sky, and Pleione, one of the many Oceanids. She was the lover of Zeus to whom she bore Dardanus, Iasion (Eetion), Emathion, Iodama and in some accounts Harmonia, who is otherwise her foster daughter. In an Italian tradition she was the mother of Iasion by her husband Corythus, an Italian king. 
According to one legend, she was the lost Pleiad, disappearing in grief after the destruction of Troy. She was called Atlantis by Ovid, personifying the family of Pleiades. 
Category:Pleiads
Category:Lovers of Zeus
Category:Nymphs