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Iphigenia

deity Greek single tradition · 3

Iphigenia fled with her brother Orestes to Italy, bringing with him the image of the Tauric Diana hidden in a mound of sticks.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Mythological figure of ancient Greece.

Relationships

sibling of
Orestes, Diana
allied with
Orestes, Odysseus, Achilles
co occurs with
Pirithous, Iphianassa, Iphimede, Diana Nemorensis, Hades, Chiron, Persephone, Castor, Pollux, Artemis (Diana), Pan
child of
Theseus, Helen, Agamemnon, Clytemnestra

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Diana Nemorensis
  2. Helen of Troy
  3. Iphigenia

Source passages

“Orestes, who fled with his sister Iphigenia to Italy, bringing with him the image of the Tauric Diana hidden in a mound of sticks.”

#19810 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“On the other hand, Stesichorus said that Iphigenia was the daughter of Theseus and Helen, which implies that Helen was of childbearing age. In most sources, Iphigenia is the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, but Duris of Samos and other writers, such as Antoninus Liberalis, followed Stesichorus' account.”

#40296 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The most common scene: "Iphigenia, a little girl, is held over the altar by Odysseus while Agamemnon performs the aparchai. Clytemnestra stands beside Agamemnon and Achilles beside Odysseus and each one begs for the life of Iphigenia."”

#42643 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001