This image shows the painting titled Sacrifice of Iphegenia, with the appearance of the goddess artemis by Regunald Arthur. Iphegenia is also spelled Iphigenia. 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 illustration at Aulis, the port town in eastern Greece, where Agamemnon's fleet was prevented by Artemis (seen in upper left) from sailing until he had sacrificed her. When the sacrifice was about to take place, Iphigenia was wh
This image shows the painting titled Sacrifice of Iphegenia, with the appearance of the goddess artemis by Regunald Arthur. Iphegenia is also spelled Iphigenia. 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 illustration at Aulis, the port town in eastern Greece, where Agamemnon's fleet was prevented by Artemis (seen in upper left) from sailing until he had sacrificed her. When the sacrifice was about to take place, Iphigenia was whisked away to Taurus and an animal sent in her place. Reginald Arthur (1871—1934) was a British painter.
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