Iphigenia

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figure in Greek mythology mythological heroine

Iphigenia is a tragic heroine in Greek mythology, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, best known for her near-sacrifice at Aulis and later roles in Euripides’ plays.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Iphigenia canonical 20
Iphigénie 2
Iphigenia is a priestess of Artemis 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological heroine ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
associatedMotive obedience to father ⓘ
self-sacrifice for the Greek army ⓘ
associatedPlace Argos ⓘ
Aulis ⓘ
Tauris ⓘ
associatedWar Trojan War ⓘ
causeOfNearSacrifice need for favorable winds to sail to Troy ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between duty and family love ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
cultAssociation Artemis at Brauron ⓘ
fateInOtherTraditions saved and transported to Tauris ⓘ
fateInSomeTraditions sacrificed at Aulis ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influenceOnLaterArt subject of modern dramas ⓘ
subject of numerous paintings ⓘ
subject of operas ⓘ
laterIdentityInSomeTraditions Hecate ⓘ
a goddess or immortal being ⓘ
literaryFunction tragic victim of patriarchal and divine demands ⓘ
mythologicalCycle House of Atreus myth cycle ⓘ
surface form: House of Atreus
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
notableEvent Aulis ⓘ
surface form: near-sacrifice at Aulis
notableWork Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
offeredAsSacrificeTo Artemis ⓘ
parent Agamemnon ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ
portrayedInWorkBy Aeschylus ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
surface form: Goethe

Racine ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
relatedMyth Electra ⓘ
surface form: Electra myth

Oresteia ⓘ
rescuedBy Artemis ⓘ
roleInTauris priestess of Artemis ⓘ
sacrificeSubstituteInSomeVersions deer ⓘ
sibling Chrysothemis ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Atreid dynasty → hasMainFigure → Iphigenia ⓘ
Irene Papas → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) → featuresCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
subject surface form: Iphigenia in Aulis
Agamemnon → child → Iphigenia ⓘ
Agamemnon → killed → Iphigenia ⓘ
Jean Racine → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie
Clytemnestra → child → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) → mainCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie
Hermione → relative → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → mainCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → hasCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Atreus → grandfatherOf → Iphigenia ⓘ
Chrysothemis → sibling → Iphigenia ⓘ
Pylades → associatedWith → Iphigenia ⓘ
House of Atreus myth cycle → associatedWith → Iphigenia ⓘ
Orestes → sibling → Iphigenia ⓘ
Eirini Lelekou → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → mainCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → featuresCharacter → Iphigenia ⓘ
Iphigenia in Tauris → hasCharacterRole → Iphigenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigenia is a priestess of Artemis
Anselm Feuerbach → notableWork → Iphigenia ⓘ
Vravrona → linkedMythologicallyTo → Iphigenia ⓘ
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia → depicts → Iphigenia ⓘ
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia → basedOn → Iphigenia ⓘ
this entity surface form: myth of Iphigenia