Iphigenia

alternative Ephigenia · alternative Iphigeneia

1. Greekhuman sciencesThe daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.

   The founding of the sanctuary at Braurona is related to the myths of Iphigenia and her brother, Orestes.

   2008, Allan Brooks, Myths, Games and Conflict, page 8

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   If we are convinced by the way the Iphigenia myth reworks and distorts the structure of the Metis myth, then we gain a new understanding of the logic underlying Athena's refusal to acknowledge the crime against Iphigenia.

   2007, Amber Jacobs, On Matricide: Myth, Psychoanalysis, and the Law of the Mother, page 161

   One such involuntary sacrifice is found in the story of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, the famous Greek king and warrior.

   2013, Willie Young, “4: Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice”, in Eric Bronson, William Irwin, editors, Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box, page 63