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Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes.

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Iphigenia Greek Daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; sister of Electra and Orestes. Agamemnon sacrificed Iphigenia to placate the goddess Artemis, whom he had offended, and to ensure by this sacrifice fair winds on the voyage to Troy. Greek tragedians, notably Sophocles and Euripides, cited the death of Iphigenia as as motive for the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra.

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