Iphigenia
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- Deity.caption
- Iphigenia (centre) stands in a sanctuary of Artemis, in front of a statuette of the goddess (which sits atop a column), and an altar. Near her are Orestes (right), Pylades (far left), and a flying Nike (top left). Apulian red-figure calyx krater, c. 350–340 BC.
- Deity.god_of
- Princess of Mycenae
- Deity.father
- Agamemnon
- Deity.mother
- Clytemnestra
- Deity.siblings
- Orestes, Electra, and Chrysothemis
- Deity.dynasty
- Atreid Dynasty
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.image
- Hippolyte Painter - RVAp 18-extra - Iphigenia in Tauris - youth with maenad and satyr - Basel ASuSL BS 1469 - 02.jpg
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- In mythology
- Among the Taurians
- Among the Etruscans
- Ritual commemorations
- In Homer
- In Lucretius
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thumb|Roman fresco of Iphigenia, from Magdalensberg
In Greek mythology, Iphigenia (; , ) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae.