Electre. Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, saved her
self and her brother, Orestes when Agamemnon was murdered. When Orestes reached manhood, Electra incited him to avenge their father’s death by slaying Olytemnestra. Electra is a character in the dramas of Æschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
8. — Xante. Xanthus, a river of Asia Minor, flowing south through the Plain of Xanthus into the Mediterranean.