Sacrifice of Iphigenia
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Iphigenia's death · a sacrificial beast · bidding him sacrifice his daughter in his simpleness · foully slain · her unremembered sacrifice · my father's slaughtering hand · sacrifice of Iphigenia · the sacrifice · the sacrifice at Aulis · the sacrifice of Iphigenia
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2 expressionsSacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis1 mention
Electra (Greek)
and there he stretched Iphigenia over the pyre, and cut her white cheek.
The sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis1 mention
Iphigenia in Tauris (Greek)
she stands convicted as betrayer of her unremembered sacrifice to the goddess in Aulis.
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Andromache
The sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia, alluded to by Peleus as evidence of Menelaus's callousness toward his own family for Helen's sake.
And more than this, with what wanton insult didst thou treat thy brother, bidding him sacrifice his daughter in his simpleness!
Electra
The sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon at Aulis, recounted by Clytemnestra as her justification for killing him.
and there he stretched Iphigenia over the pyre, and cut her white cheek.
Iphigenia in Aulis
The planned ritual killing of Iphigenia at Aulis to secure Artemis' favor and allow the Greek fleet to sail for Troy, the central event of the window.
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Iphigenia in Tauris
Agamemnon's attempted sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis before the Trojan expedition, from which Artemis rescued her.
she stands convicted as betrayer of her unremembered sacrifice to the goddess in Aulis.
Lady Artemis, you who saved me from my father’s slaughtering hand by the clefts of Aulis, save me now also, and these men;
Orestes
The sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet's voyage to Troy.
As for what Aulis took, the sacrifice of my sister, I let you have that;
De Rerum Natura
The sacrifice of Iphigenia by her father Agamemnon at Aulis, described in emotional detail to demonstrate that religion leads to great crimes rather than piety.
Making his child a sacrificial beast
As once at Aulis, the elected chiefs,
With Agamemnon's daughter, foully slain.
Chrestomathy
The attempted sacrifice of Iphigenia to appease Artemis's wrath.
and when Calchas had told them of the goddess's wrath and had bidden them sacrifice Iphigenia to Artemis, they send for her as though for marriage to Achilles and set about the sacrifice.