iphianassa iphigenia

Orestes refuses to go, but bids Pylades to take the letter while Orestes will stay to be slain. The second reason is that Iphigenia sees this as a patriotic cause. Other variations of the death of Iphigenia include her being rescued at her sacrifice by Artemis and transformed into the goddess Hecate.

Jouan, F. (1966) "Le Rassemblement d’Aulis et le Sacrifice d´Iphigénie." Reproduction Date: In Greek mythology, Iphigenia (; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigeneia) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos. Instead she is unwillingly sacrificed to appease Artemis. She also believes that her death will be a heroic one, as it's for the good of all Greeks. 2, "Sacrifice", (ISBN 1-58240-399-6), the substitution of a deer for Iphigenia was a pious lie invented by Odysseus to comfort the grieving Clytemnestra.

When Orestes arrives at Tauris with Pylades, son of Strophius and intimate friend of Orestes, the pair are at once captured by the Tauri, among whom the custom is to sacrifice all Greek strangers to Artemis. (Iphianassa, was a sister/variant of Iphigenia in the Iliad (II.9.145).) Many traditions arose from the sacrifice of Iphigenia. After Agamemnon and Menelaus have an argument, Clytemnestra arrives at Aulis with Iphigenia and Orestes. This page was last modified on 15 December 2015, at 00:33. Within the novel, the ghost of Iphigenia tells Achilles that all the poets lied.          Political / Social. In order for Orestes to escape the persecutions of the Erinyes for killing his mother, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Orestes has been ordered by Apollo to go to Tauris. The tale intended to demonstrate the power of love. Iphigenia exits, and the sacrifice takes place offstage. The earliest known accounts of the [not] death of Iphigenia are included in Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris, both Athenian tragedies of the fifth century BCE set in the Heroic Age. Agamemnon tries to convince Clytemnestra to go back to Argos while he marries Iphigenia to Achilles. Rather than sacrificing virgins, they would whip the victim in front of a sacred image of Artemis, until an erotic reaction occurred and he ejaculated, fertilizing the land with blood and semen.