Iphigenia

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Iphigenia is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, best known for her near-sacrifice at Aulis and later roles in Euripides’ plays.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological heroine ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
associatedMotive obedience to father ⓘ
self-sacrifice for the Greek army ⓘ
associatedPlace Argos ⓘ
Aulis ⓘ
Tauris ⓘ
associatedWar Trojan War ⓘ
causeOfNearSacrifice need for favorable winds to sail to Troy ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between duty and family love ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
cultAssociation Artemis at Brauron ⓘ
fateInOtherTraditions saved and transported to Tauris ⓘ
fateInSomeTraditions sacrificed at Aulis ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenceOnLaterArt subject of modern dramas ⓘ
subject of numerous paintings ⓘ
subject of operas ⓘ
laterIdentityInSomeTraditions Hecate ⓘ
a goddess or immortal being ⓘ
literaryFunction tragic victim of patriarchal and divine demands ⓘ
mythologicalCycle House of Atreus ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
notableEvent near-sacrifice at Aulis ⓘ
linked to: Aulis
notableWork Iphigenia in Aulis ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
offeredAsSacrificeTo Artemis ⓘ
parent Agamemnon ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ
portrayedInWorkBy Aeschylus ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Goethe ⓘ
Racine ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
relatedMyth Electra myth ⓘ
linked to: Electra

Oresteia ⓘ
rescuedBy Artemis ⓘ
roleInTauris priestess of Artemis ⓘ
sacrificeSubstituteInSomeVersions deer ⓘ
sibling Chrysothemis ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ

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Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atreid dynasty → hasMainFigure → Iphigenia ⓘ
Irene Papas → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Aulis → featuresCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
subject linked to: Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Agamemnon → child → Iphigenia ⓘ
Agamemnon → killed → Iphigenia ⓘ
Jean Racine → notableWork → Iphigénie ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Clytemnestra → child → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) → mainCharacter → Iphigénie ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Hermione → relative → Iphigenia ⓘ
Atreus → grandfatherOf → Iphigenia ⓘ
Chrysothemis → sibling → Iphigenia ⓘ
Pylades → associatedWith → Iphigenia ⓘ
Orestes → sibling → Iphigenia ⓘ
Eirini Lelekou → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → hasCharacterRole → Iphigenia is a priestess of Artemis ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Anselm Feuerbach → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Vravrona → linkedMythologicallyTo → Iphigenia ⓘ
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia → basedOn → myth of Iphigenia ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Iphigénie en Aulide → featuresCharacter → Iphigénie ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Ἀγαμέμνων → hasChild → Ἰφιγένεια ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Ἀγαμέμνων → hasChild → Iphigenia ⓘ
Ἀγαμέμνων → sacrifices → Iphigenia ⓘ
Ifigenia Martínez → givenName → Ifigenia ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Cypria → featuresCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
subject linked to: Cypria (lost epic)
Jean Racine → notableWork → Iphigénie ⓘ
subject linked to: Racine
linked to: Iphigenia
Atreid saga → featuresCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Electra → sibling → Iphigenia ⓘ
Tauris → associatedWithMyth → Iphigenia ⓘ
Gluck WV 46 → subject → Iphigenia ⓘ
House of Tyndareus → hasMember → Iphigenia ⓘ
Thoas → ordersSacrificeOf → Iphigenia ⓘ
Thoas → opposesCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Thoas → relatedToMythicFigure → Iphigenia ⓘ
Anaxibia → relative → Iphigenia ⓘ
Strophius → relative → Iphigenia ⓘ
Astyoche → siblingOf → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia (daughter of Pylades and Electra) → distinguishedFrom → Iphigenia (daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra) ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Πλεισθένης → grandfatherOf → Ἰφιγένεια ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia
Erigone → relative → Iphigenia ⓘ
Tauri people → associatedDeity → Iphigenia (in Greek tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia