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'''Iphigeneia''' (gr. Ιφιγένεια, also '''Iphigenia''' and sometimes '''Iphianassa''') was a daughter of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]] in [[Greek mythology]]. Iphigeneia is sometimes called a daughter of [[Theseus]] and [[Helen]] raised by Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.

[[Artemis]] punished Agamemnon after he killed a (sacred) deer in a (sacred) grove and boasted he was a better hunter. On his way to [[Troy]] to participate in the [[Trojan War]], Agamemnon's ships were suddenly motionless as Artemis stopped the wind in [[Aulis]]. A soothsayer named [[Calchas]] revealed an [[oracle]] that the only way to appease Artemis was to sacrifice Iphigenia, Agamemnon's daughter, to Artemis. According to some versions he did so, but most sources claims that Iphigenia was taken by Artemis to [[Tauris]] in [[Crimea]] to prepare others for sacrifice, and that the goddess left a deer or a goat (the god [[Pan]] transformed) in her place. [[Hesiod]] called her Iphimedeia (gr. Ἰφιμέδεια) in the Catalogue of Women and told she became the goddess [[Hecate]]. Antoninus Liberalis said that Iphigeneia was transported to the island of Leuke, where she was wedded to [[Achilles]] under the name of Orsilochia.

According to [[Euripides]], Iphigeneia factors into the story of her brother, [[Orestes]]. In order to escape the persecutions of the [[Erinyes]] for killing his mother Clytemnestra and her lover, he was ordered by [[Apollo]] to go to Tauris (now the Crimea), carry off the statue of Artemis which had fallen from heaven, and bring it to Athens. He repairs to Tauris with [[Pylades]], son of [[Strophius]] and intimate friend of Orestes, and the pair are at once imprisoned by the Tauri, among whom the custom is to sacrifice all strangers to Artemis. The priestess of Artemis, whose duty it is to perform the sacrifice, is his sister Iphigenia. She offers to release Orestes if he will carry home a letter from her to Greece; he refuses to go, but bids Pylades take the letter while he himself will stay and be slain. After a conflict of mutual affection, Pylades at last yields, but the letter brings about a recognition between brother and sister, and all three escape together, carrying with them the image of Artemis. After their return to Greece, Orestes took possession of his father's kingdom of [[Mycenae]] and [[Argos]] and Iphigeneia left the image in the temple of Artemis in [[Brauron]], [[Attica]], where she remained as priestess of Artemis Brauronia. According to the Spartans, the image of Artemis was transported by them to [[Laconia]], where the goddess was worshipped as Artemis Orthia.

Iphigeneia is known by Greek myths sources since 7-6th century BC and was so closely identified with [[Artemis]] that some scholars believe she was originally a rival hunting goddess whose cult was subsumed by Artemis.

==Iphianassa==
Iphianassa (gr. Ἰφιάνασσα), one of three [[Agamemnon]]'s daughters in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]] (Book 9, lines 145 and 287) is sometimes confused with Iphigeneia. Homer makes no direct mention to Iphigenia's sacrifice and the name Iphianassa may be simply an older variant of the name Iphigenia. Most scholars nevertheless agree that Iphianassa and Iphigeneia, despite the likeness of their names, probably were quite different characters.

==Cymon and Iphigenia==

The tale intended to demonstrate the power of love. As Iphigenia sleeps in a grove by the sea, a noble but coarse and unlettered Cypriot youth, Cymon, seeing Iphigenia's beauty, fell in love with her and, by the power of love, became an educated and polished courtier.

==Some adaptations of the Iphigenia story==

* ''[[Iphigeneia at Aulis|Iphigenia at Aulis]]'', play by [[Euripides]].

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 ==Iphianassa==
-Iphianassa (gr. &#7992;φι&#8049;νασσα), one of three [[Agamemnon]]'s daughters in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]] (Book 9, lines 145 and 287) is sometimes confused with Iphigeneia. Homer makes no direct mention to Iphigenia's sacrifice and the name Iphianassa may be simply an older variant of the name Iphigenia. Most scholars nevertheless agree that Iphianassa and Iphigeneia, despite the likeness of their names, probably were quite different characters.
+Iphianassa (gr. Ηφιάνασσα), one of three [[Agamemnon]]'s daughters in [[Homer]]'s [[Iliad]] (Book 9, lines 145 and 287) is sometimes confused with Iphigeneia. Homer makes no direct mention to Iphigenia's sacrifice and the name Iphianassa may be simply an older variant of the name Iphigenia. Most scholars nevertheless agree that Iphianassa and Iphigeneia, despite the likeness of their names, probably were quite different characters.
 ==Cymon and Iphigenia==

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