Electra (Greek mythological figure)
Overview
Works: | 569 works in 1,451 publications in 15 languages and 67,849 library holdings |
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Genres: | Drama Operas Scores Juvenile works Alphabet rhymes Musical settings |
Roles: | Author |
Classifications: | M1500.S89, 782.1 |
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Most widely held works about
Electra
- The Oresteia by Aeschylus( Book )
- Elektra : a play by Sophocles( Book )
- Elektra by Richard Strauss( )
- Euripides by Euripides( Book )
- Electra and the empty urn : metatheater and role playing in Sophocles by Mark Ringer( )
- The libation bearers by Aeschylus( Book )
- Dolos and Dikê in Sophokles' Elektra by Leona MacLeod( )
- Sophocles by Sophocles( Book )
- Aeschylus, the Oresteia by Simon Goldhill( )
- Electra after Freud : myth and culture by Jill Scott( )
- The Oresteia of Aeschylus by Aeschylus( Book )
- Mourning becomes Electra : a trilogy by Eugene O'Neill( Book )
- Medea, and other plays by Euripides( Book )
- Aeschylus by Aeschylus( Book )
- Antigone ; Oedipus the King ; Electra by Sophocles( Book )
- Greek theatre practice by J. Michael Walton( Book )
- The opera works of Mikis Theodorakis : Electra, Antigone, Medea by Mikis Theodorakis( )
- Orestien : Agamemnon, Sonofret, Eumeniderne by Aischylos( )
- Three plays by Jean Giraudoux( Book )
- Sophocles by Sophocles( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Electra
Die "Elektra" des Sophokles und Euripides' "Iphigenie bei den Taurern" : ein Beitrag zur Diskussion über das Aufführungsjahr
von Sophokles' "Elektra" by
Peter Klimpe(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1970 in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 1970 in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
The ABCs of Vashon Island : a locally sourced alphabet adventure by Sofia Weil(
Book
)
1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Growing up internationlly, Sofia Weil saw that children everywhere have their own special local and cultural references that become part of the way they see and understand the world. It was about time for Vashon to have an ABC book all of our own
1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Growing up internationlly, Sofia Weil saw that children everywhere have their own special local and cultural references that become part of the way they see and understand the world. It was about time for Vashon to have an ABC book all of our own
Dark Teenager by
Electra(
Recording
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Elektra by
Richard Strauss(
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1 edition published in 1990 in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
One of the most often performed of Strauss' musical works, this landmark of modern opera scandalized early 20th-century audiences with its startling dissonance and unconventional harmonics. Today, it is admired for virtuosic invention of musical ideas and the use of instrumental sonorities to characterize both persons and actions
1 edition published in 1990 in German and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
One of the most often performed of Strauss' musical works, this landmark of modern opera scandalized early 20th-century audiences with its startling dissonance and unconventional harmonics. Today, it is admired for virtuosic invention of musical ideas and the use of instrumental sonorities to characterize both persons and actions
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Associated Subjects
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Alternative Names
Alektra (Greek mythological figure)
Électre (Greek mythological figure)
Ēlektra (Greek mythological figure)
Elektro (Greek mythological figure)
Elettra (Greek mythological figure)
Ἀλέκτρα (Greek mythological figure)
Ἠλέκτρα (Greek mythological figure)
Електра (Greek mythological figure)
Электра (Greek mythological figure)
אלקטרה (Greek mythological figure)
اليكترا (Greek mythological figure)
الکترا (Greek mythological figure)
엘렉트라 (Greek mythological figure)
エーレクトラー (Greek mythological figure)
厄勒克特拉 (Greek mythological figure)
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