| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Electra |
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| In classical mythology, a daughter of Agamemnon. To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes, kill their mother and her lover. | 1 |
| ‡ The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl’s or woman’s unconscious sexual feelings for her father. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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