Electra (Pleiad)

The Pleiad Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra "amber", "shining," and "bright.") of Greek mythology was one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Electra was the wife of Corythus, to whom she bore Iasion. She was seduced by Zeus and gave birth to Dardanus.[1] One author claim that Dardanus' real father was Corythus.[2]

Mythology

According to one legend, she was the lost Pleiad, disappearing in grief after the destruction of Troy. She was called Atlantis by Ovid, personifying the family of Pleiades.
Family tree

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Trojan race

Oceanus

Tethys

Atlas

Pleione

Scamander

Idaea

Simoeis

Zeus/Jupiter

Electra

Teucer

Dardanus

Batea

Ilus

Erichthonius

Astyoche

Callirrhoe

Tros

Ilus

Ganymede

Assaracus

Hieromneme

Laomedon

Themiste

Capys

Priam

Anchises

Aphrodite/Venus

Latinus

Creusa of Troy

Aeneas

Lavinia

Ascanius

Silvius

Silvius

Aeneas Silvius

Brutus of Britain

Latinus Silvius

Alba

Atys

Capys

Capetus

Tiberinus Silvius

Agrippa

Romulus Silvius

Aventinus

Procas

Numitor

Amulius

Ares/Mars

Rhea Silvia

Hersilia

Romulus

Remus

See also

130 Elektra, asteroid

Notes

Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 3.167, 7.207, 10.719

Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.23 "But according to some authorities, Dardanus and Iasius were sons of Coritus, not of Jupiter. For if it had been so, Jupiter could not have formed that unchaste connection with Ganymede, his own descendant."

References

Lactantius, Divine Institutes, Translated by William Fletcher (1810-1900). From Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 7. Edited by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, and A. Cleveland Coxe. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886.) Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

Greek Mythology

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