Electra
cited 2 times by 2 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Electra the figure
The library holds nothing under this name. Two of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
1 extended
cited by
2 citations · from 2 works-
Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 extended 1 citation
The scene of Electra and the deranged Orestes is drawn from tragedy and used to extend the argument about distrust even of intimates
Electra, when she saw Orestes weeping and embracing her, thought at the time that some relief had come to him, yet she was far from trusting altogether.
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Vitae philosophorum Diogenes Laertius 1 citation
The Electra is explicitly named as the source of the words Cleanthes quotes.
When some one inquired of him what lesson he ought to give his son, Cleanthes in reply quoted words from the Electra:
book 7 ¶
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- 7
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