Lia McHugh

Greek Mythology (310 person items)

"Iphigenia• Was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus a princess of Mycenae.• Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on his way to the Trojan War by hunting and killing one of Artemis sacred stags. She retaliates by preventing the Greek troops from reaching Troy unless Agamemnon kills his eldest daughter, Iphigenia, at Aulis as a human sacrifice.• At first he refuses but, pressured by the other commanders, agrees. Iphigenia and her mother Clytemnestra are brought to A"