Sacrifice of Iphigenia depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet (Casa del Poeta Tragico) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. According to Euripede's Iphigenia in Tauris, which inspired the artist who made the painting, the sacrifice of Iphigenia - needed to ensure the safe passage of the Achaean ships to Troy - is prevented when Artemis sends a deer to take her place.

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