In Greek mythology, Electra (; ) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.Hesiod, Theogony 349 & 362–366; Homeric Hymn to Demeter 5 & 418; Apollodorus, 1.2.2

Family According to Hesiod, she was the wife of Thaumas, and by him, the mother of Iris, the goddess of rainbows and a messenger for the gods, and the Harpies.Hesiod, Theogony 265–269, 780–381; also Apollodorus, 1.2.6; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.

The names of Electra's Harpy daughters vary. Hesiod and Apollodorus named them Aello and Ocypete. Virgil named Celaeno as one of the Harpies.Virgil, Aeneid 3 211–212; Servius on Virgil, Aeneid 3.212 The Fabulae describes the Harpies – whom it lists as Celaeno, Ocypete, and Podarce – as daughters of Thaumas and Electra. Later, however, the Harpies are named Aellopous, Celaeno, and Ocypete, and are said to be the daughters of Thaumas and Ozomene.Hyginus, Fabulae Theogony 35, 14.18 (pp. 96, 102). Ozomene, whose name means , is not known elsewhere.RE, s.v. Ozomenes, citing Rose's commentary.

The late 4th-early 5th century poet Nonnus gives Electra and Thaumas two children: Iris, and the river god Hydaspes.Nonnus, Dionysiaca 26.358–362

Mythology Along with her sisters, Electra was one of the companions of Persephone when the daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades.Homeric Hymn to Demeter 418; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.30.4

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