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<p> 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]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), 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. </p> | <p> 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]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), 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. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_75011"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/iphigenia Iphigenia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75011"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/iphigenia Iphigenia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:32, 15 October 2021
Iphigenia [1]
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.
