A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Ἠλέκτρα), i. e. the bright or brilliant one.

1. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and the wife of Thaumas, by whom she became the mother of Iris and the Harpies, Aello and Ocypete. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 419; Hes. Th. 266; Apollod. 1.2. §§ 2, 6; Paus. 4.33.6 ; Serv. ad Aen. 3.212.)