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Iphigenia
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; her father having killed a favourite deer belonging to Artemis in Aulis as he was setting out for Troy, the goddess was offended, and Calchas (q. v .), when consulted, told him she could only be appeased by the sacrifice of his daughter; this he proceeded to do, but as he was preparing to offer her up the goddess descended in a cloud, carried her off to Tauris, and made her a priestess in her temple. The story has been dramatised by Euripides, Racine, and Geothe.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Iphigenia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/i/iphigenia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Iphigenia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/i/iphigenia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
