Electra (disambiguation)
Appearance
(Redirected from Elektra)
Electra, also spelt Elektra, was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.
Electra or Elektra may also refer to:
Animals
[edit]- 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
[edit]- For fictional characters, see Elektra (name).
Comics
[edit]- Elektra: Assassin (1986), a comics miniseries dedicated to the Marvel character
Film
[edit]- 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
[edit]Groups
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Electra (album), by Alice Caymmi
- Electra (Arild Andersen album)
- Elektra (Suspekt album), 2011
- Elektra: The Album, the soundtrack to the 2005 film
Songs
[edit]- "Electra" (song), a 2009 song by heavy metal band Dio
- "Electra", a 2024 song by British art rock group Public Service Broadcasting
Operas
[edit]- Elektra (opera), by Richard Strauss
- Electra, by Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner
- Elektra, by Mikis Theodorakis
Plays
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
Navy ships
[edit]- HMS Electra, five ships
- USS Electra
People and fictional and mythological characters
[edit]- Elektra (name), people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Elektra or variations thereof
- Electra (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
[edit]Terrestrial features
[edit]Outer space
[edit]- Electra (star), 17 Tauri
- 130 Elektra, an asteroid
Municipalities
[edit]- Electra, California
- Electra, Texas
- Electra, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia
Technology
[edit]- 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
[edit]Aircraft
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Other uses
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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