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

3. A sister of Cadmus, (Ἠλέκτρα), from whom the Electrian gate at Thebes was said to have received its name. (Paus. 9.8.3; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.916.)