Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)

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ancient Greek tragedy play

Iphigenia in Aulis is a tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes Agamemnon’s agonizing decision to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to secure favorable winds for the Greek fleet sailing to Troy.

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Label Occurrences
Iphigenia in Aulis 3
Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis 2
Agamemnon is ordered to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to obtain favorable winds for the Greek fleet to sail to Troy 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
associatedDeity Artemis ⓘ
associatedLocation Greek camp at Aulis ⓘ
author Euripides ⓘ
basedOn Greek mythology ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between family loyalty and public duty ⓘ
fate and divine will ⓘ
militarism and honor ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
culturalContext Athenian wartime experience in the late 5th century BCE ⓘ
dramaticConflict Agamemnon versus Clytemnestra over Iphigenia’s fate ⓘ
Agamemnon versus Menelaus over the necessity of the sacrifice ⓘ
Iphigenia’s personal survival versus Greek military success ⓘ
dramaticDevice agon or formal debate scenes ⓘ
use of messenger speeches ⓘ
dramaticStructure prologue, parodos, episodes, stasima, exodos ⓘ
featuresCharacter Achilles ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ
Chorus of women of Chalcis ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ
Iphigenia ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasAlternativeEnding version where Artemis rescues Iphigenia ⓘ
version where Iphigenia is actually sacrificed ⓘ
influenced Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide ⓘ
Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
surface form: Eugene O’Neill’s play Mourning Becomes Electra

later adaptations of the Iphigenia myth ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athens ⓘ
mythologicalContext Trojan War ⓘ
narrativeFocus Agamemnon’s moral dilemma ⓘ
Iphigenia’s transformation from victim to willing sacrifice in some versions ⓘ
partOf Euripides ⓘ
surface form: Euripidean corpus
plotSummary Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agamemnon is ordered to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to obtain favorable winds for the Greek fleet to sail to Troy
relatedMyth House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ
surface form: House of Atreus
relatedWork Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
surface form: Iphigenia among the Taurians

Oresteia ⓘ
surface form: The Oresteia
setting Aulis ⓘ
survivalStatus extant play ⓘ
theme manipulation and deceit ⓘ
patriarchal power and female suffering ⓘ
role of the gods in human affairs ⓘ
timeOfAction on the eve of the Greek expedition to Troy ⓘ
tradition Attic tragedy ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odysseus → literaryWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
Atreid dynasty → hasMember → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia
Atreid dynasty → appearsInWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides → notableWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
Christoph Willibald Gluck → notableWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie en Aulide
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → plotSummary → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
this entity surface form: Agamemnon is ordered to sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to obtain favorable winds for the Greek fleet to sail to Troy
Trojan War → relatedWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia at Aulis
Agamemnon → appearsIn → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis
Clytemnestra → appearsIn → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis
House of Atreus myth cycle → includesEpisode → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agamemnon’s sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis
House of Atreus myth cycle → hasLiterarySource → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia → notableWork → Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis