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Hero Of Sophocles Electra

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noun

• (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

57%9 Subject matter of Sophocles' 'Electra'
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• someone who kills his or her parent

• the murder of your own father or mother

43%4 Eponymous hero of the Ajax play by Sophocles
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