person
Iphigenia
also: Iphigenia, in immolanda Iphigenia
Daughter of Agamemnon, offered in sacrifice at Aulis to obtain a fair wind for the Greek fleet bound for Troy. Cicero (Orator 74) cites the famous painting of her sacrifice as an example of artistic propriety.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §1.116 for Iphigenia at Aulis bids herself be led off to be sacrificed
Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, who at Aulis willingly offered herself for sacrifice so the Greek fleet might sail to Troy (as in Euripides's Iphigenia at Aulis). Cited among those who embraced death for the common good.