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This article is about various Greek mythological figures. For other uses, see Electra (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Electra or Elektra (; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra, "amber") was the name of the following women:

• Electra (Oceanid), one of the Oceanids who was the wife of Thaumas and mother of Iris and the Harpies.^[1]
• Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades.^[2]
• Electra, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus, king of Libya and the naiadPolyxo. She married and later killed her husband Peristhenes or Hyperantus following the commands of her father.^[3][4]
• Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.^[5]
• Electra, handmaiden of Helen who fastened her mistress' sandals when she went to the walls of Troy.^[6]
• Electra, sister of Cadmus, of whom he named after the Electran gate at Thebes.^[7][8] She might be instead the mother of Cadmus because later writers noted tha Cassandra greek mythology!