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Rouse) (Greek epic C5th A.D.) :
"He [the river Hydaspes] had the genuine Titan blood; for from the bed of primeval Thaumas his rosyarm consort Elektra (Electra) brought forth two children--from that bed came a River and a messenger of the heavenly ones, Iris (the Rainbow) quick as the wind and swiftly flowing Hydaspes, Iris travelling on foot and Hydaspes by water."
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In Greek mythology, Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Ancient Greek: Ἠλέκτρα Ēlektra "amber") was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[1][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.[3]
The names of Electra's Harpy daughters vary.
. Teach me your grace." Zephyrus, ever amiable, agreed. During one such outburst, she noticed Zephyrus, the gentle west wind, calmly guiding seeds to fertile ground and coaxing blossoms to open with his warm breath.
The Dance of Storm and Breeze
Intrigued, Electra approached Zephyrus as he danced over a field of asphodel.
Theodore C. Williams. i. Greek text available from the same website.
The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"One the road from Andania towards Kyparissiai (Cyparissiae) is Polikhne [in Messenia], as it is called, and the streams of Elektra (Electra) and Koios (Coeus).
Greek text available from the same website.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabuae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. . Her secondary name, Ozomene, meaning "Many-Branches" suggests the cloudy source of the rainbow reaching down to the sea.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, II Books XVI–XXXV. These myths also reflect cultural values, such as the importance of power (Zeus), marriage (Hera), and the cyclical nature of life (Helios).
They are Peitho, Admete, Ianthe and Elektra (Electra), Doris and Prymno [amongst a list of Okeanides] . . B. G. Teubner. Virgil, named Celaeno as one of the Harpies.[4] However, while Hyginus, Fabulae Preface had the Harpies, Celaeno, Ocypete, and Podarce, as daughters of Thaumas and Electra, at Fabuale 14.18, the Harpies were said to be named Aellopous, Celaeno, and Ocypete, and were the daughters of Thaumas and Ozomene.[5] Ozomene may have been a secondary name for Electra, meaning "many-branches."
The late 4th-early 5th century poet Nonnus gives Electra and Thaumas two children, Iris, and the river god Hydaspes.[6]
Mythology
Along with her sisters, Electre was one of the companions of Persephone when the daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades.[7]
Notes
Hesiod, Theogony 337–370; Homeric Hymn, 2.5, 2.418–423; Apollodorus,1.2.2.
Kerényi, Carl (1951).
He showed her how to temper her gales, to weave soft breezes into her squalls, and to use her power not just for fury but for renewal. Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940.