Iphigenia

Iphigenia
Iphigenia
Princess of Mycenae
	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.
Genealogy
Parents	Agamemnon (father); Clytemnestra (mother);
Siblings	Orestes, Electra, and Chrysothemis
Dynasty	Atreid Dynasty

In Greek mythology, Iphigenia (/ɪfɪˈdʒɪ.niə/; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, romanized: Iphigéneia, pronounced [iːpʰiɡéneː.a]) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae.

In the story, Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on his way to the Trojan War by hunting and killing one of Artemis's sacred stags. She retaliates by preventing the allied troops from reaching Troy unless Agamemnon kills his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, at Aulis as a human sacrifice. In some versions, Iphigenia dies at Aulis, and in others, Artemis rescues her. In the version where she is saved, she goes to the Taurians and meets her brother Orestes.