Iphigenia is a 1977 Greek tragedy film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sa
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In Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae.
Iphigenia (film)
…Iphigenia (Greek: Ιφιγένεια) is a 1977 Greek tragedy film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed. Cacoyannis adapted the film, the third in his…
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.
Roman fresco of Iphigenia, from Magdalensberg
Mosaic, 5th-century CE. From left to right: Iphigenia, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon.
Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Antique fresco from Pompeii, probably a copy of a painting by Timanthes.