Iphigenia in Tauris

E227827

Greek tragedy ancient Greek play play

Iphigenia in Tauris is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows Iphigenia’s life as a priestess in a foreign land after her supposed sacrifice, exploring themes of family, identity, and escape.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Iphigenia in Tauris canonical	5
Iphigenia	2
Euripides' play Iphigenia in Tauris	1
Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians	1
Iphigenia among the Taurians	1
Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2018433 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iphigenia in Tauris
Context triple: [Euripides, notableWork, Iphigenia in Tauris]

A. Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
B. Iphigenia
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.
C. Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iphigenia in Aulis is a tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes Agamemnon’s agonizing decision to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.
D. The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
E. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Iphigenia in Tauris
Target entity description: Iphigenia in Tauris is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that follows Iphigenia’s life as a priestess in a foreign land after her supposed sacrifice, exploring themes of family, identity, and escape.

A. Iphigenia in Tauris
Iphigenia in Tauris is a classical drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with an emphasis on humanism, moral conflict, and reconciliation.
B. Iphigenia
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.
C. Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iphigenia in Aulis is a tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes Agamemnon’s agonizing decision to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.
D. The Women of Trachis
The Women of Trachis is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles that dramatizes the tragic fate of Heracles and his wife Deianeira, exploring themes of love, jealousy, and unintended destruction.
E. Hecuba (Euripides)
Hecuba (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that portrays the suffering and vengeance of the Trojan queen Hecuba after the fall of Troy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek tragedy ⓘ ancient Greek play ⓘ play ⓘ
author	Euripides ⓘ
basedOn	Greek myth of Iphigenia ⓘ Greek myth of Orestes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
dramaticForm	verse drama ⓘ
ending	Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades escape Tauris with the statue of Artemis through divine help ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Athena ⓘ Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ Pylades ⓘ Thoas ⓘ
featuresDeity	Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ
genre	romantic escape drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ linked to: Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) Iphigénie en Tauride by Nicolas-François Guillard (libretto) ⓘ linked to: Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
hasCharacterRole	Iphigenia is a priestess of Artemis ⓘ linked to: Iphigenia Orestes is a Greek stranger condemned to sacrifice ⓘ Pylades is Orestes’ loyal companion ⓘ linked to: Pylades Thoas is king of Tauris ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Classical Athens ⓘ
literaryTradition	Athenian tragedy ⓘ linked to: Greek tragedy
mainCharacter	Athena ⓘ Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ Pylades ⓘ Thoas ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	House of Atreus ⓘ linked to: House of Atreus myth cycle
narrativeDevice	recognition scene between siblings ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
plotSummary	Iphigenia serves as a priestess in Tauris, where she is required to sacrifice foreigners to Artemis until she encounters her brother Orestes and plots an escape. ⓘ
religiousContext	Greek mythology ⓘ
setting	Tauris ⓘ temple of Artemis in Tauris ⓘ
structure	episodes ⓘ exodos ⓘ prologue ⓘ stasima ⓘ
theme	divine intervention ⓘ escape ⓘ exile ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ recognition ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ sibling bond ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Euripides → notableWork → Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ

Iphigenia in Aulis → relatedWork → Iphigenia among the Taurians ⓘ

subject linked to: Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)