To appease the goddess Artemis, Agamemnon(right) was told to sacrifice Iphigenia (middle). Here she pleads for her life.

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Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon, leader of the Greek forces against the Troy in the Trojan War. To appease the goddess Artemis (the Roman Diana), Agamemnon was told to sacrifice Iphigenia, seen in this 1882 illustration pleading with her father. When the sacrifice was about to take place, Iphigenia was wicked away to Taurus and an animal sent in her place.

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