Electra

Aeschylus, Oresteia; Euripides, Electra; Orestes; Apollodorus, Epitome VI, 23-28. The holiday was not officially recognized until the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1972. The psychological disorder Electra complex is named after her. In 1966, Lyndon Johnson made Father's Day a holiday to be celebrated on the third Sunday of June. Later, Electra married Pylades, Orestes' close friend and son of King Strophius (the same one who had cared for Orestes while he hid from his mother and her lover). Congress, however, was mindful that passing a measure so favorable to males could be seen as a conflict of interest. Iphigenia helps her brother escape from Taurus, and the furies, sated by the reuniting of the family, abate their persecution. The all-male U.S.

The two meet as Orestes is led to Iphigenia to be prepared for sacrifice to the Egyptian Gods. Woodrow Wilson was personally so feted by his family in 1916, and Calvin Coolidge recommended it as a national holiday in 1924. He claims that Orestes is led by the Furies to Taurus in ancient Egypt, where his sister Iphigenia is being held. Unofficial support from such figures as William Jennings Bryan was immediate and widespread. In Iphigenia at Taurus, Euripides tells the tale somewhat differently. The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington. The Erinyes demand their victim; he pleads the orders of Apollo; the votes of the judges are equally divided, and Athena gives her casting vote for acquittal. Although she initially suggested June 5, the anniversary of her father's death, she did not provide the organizers with enough time to make arrangements, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday in June.

At last Athena (also known as Areia) receives him on the Acropolis of Athens and arranges a formal trial of the case before twelve Attic judges. She was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day. Even though Apollo (to whom the Delphic temple was dedicated) had ordered him to do the deed, he is powerless to protect Orestes from the consequences of his actions. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, as a single parent raised his six children in Spokane, Washington. Orestes takes refuge in the temple at Delphi. Sonora Smart Dodd. Electra is not hounded by the Erinyes. In the United States, the driving force behind the establishment of the celebration of Father's Day was Mrs.

Orestes, after the deed (sometimes with Electra helping), goes mad, and is pursued by the Erinyes, or Furies, whose duty it is to punish any violation of the ties of family piety. Countries with other celebration dates:. According to Aeschylus, he met Electra before the tomb of Agamemnon, where both had gone to perform rites to the dead; a recognition took place, and they arranged how Orestes should accomplish his revenge. The following countries celebrate Father's Day on the third Sunday of June:. In his twentieth year, Orestes was ordered by the Delphic oracle to return home and avenge his father's death. . 25), Orestes was saved by his old nurse or by Electra, and was taken to Phanote on Mount Parnassus, where King Strophius took charge of him. Retailers sell male-oriented gifts such as hardware and tools.

According to Pindar (Pythia, xi. In recent years, it is notable how rising consumerism has overtaken the true meaning of the holiday. 542). In the Roman Catholic tradition, Father's Day is celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, though in most countries Father's Day is a secular celebration. 306; X. Father's Day exists almost all over the world to honor and commemorate fathers or forefathers. (Odyssey, iii. Father's Day is celebrated at differing times through the year, as seen below.

Eight years later Electra returned from Athens with her brother, Orestes. Typically giving gifts to fathers and celebrating as a family is the main event of the day. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra also killed Cassandra, Agamemnon's war prize, a prophet priestess of Troy. Father's Day is a holiday to celebrate fatherhood and parenting by males, just as Mother's Day celebrates motherhood. According to the story, Electra (daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra) was absent from Mycenae when her father, King Agamemnon, returned from the Trojan War and was murdered by Aegisthus, Clytemnestra's lover, and/or by Clytemnestra herself. (Source: The Book of Useless Information, page 240, published 2002.). In Greek mythology, several persons were named Electra (also spelled Elektra):. More reverse charge (collect) calls are made on Father's Day than any other day.

locale. Taiwan: August 8

Mourning Becomes Electra, play by Eugene O'Neill, based on Aeschylus. Portugal, Spain, Italy: March 19. Elektra, a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, based on the Sophocles play. Poland: June 23. Electra, drama by Danilo Kiš. Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia: the second Sunday in November. Electra, play by Euripides. New Zealand: the first Sunday in September.

Electra, play by Sophocles. Malaysia: the third week in June. The Oresteia, a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus. Lithuania: the first Sunday in June. Alternative: Laodice. Korea, South: May 8, Parents' Day. (Most famous "Electra") Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Germany: on Ascension Day

A Pleiade or Oceanid, mother of Iris and the Harpies by Thaumas. Denmark: June 5, same day as Constitution Day. Daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Dardanus, Iasion and Harmonia, by Zeus. Bulgaria: June 20. Brazil: the second Sunday in August. Belgium: St Joseph's day (which is March 19), and the second Sunday in June ("Secular").

Australia: the first Sunday in September. Austria: second Sunday in June. Venezuela. Peru.

United States. United Kingdom. Turkey. Netherlands.

Mexico. Malta. Macao S.A.R. Japan.

India. Hong Kong S.A.R. France. Chile.

Canada. Argentina.