Iphigenia

English right|thumb|The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, by François Perrier, between 1632 and 1633 Alternative forms en Ephigenia Iphigeneia Etymology From en grc Ῑ̓φιγένεια. Pronunciation en /ˌɪfɪd͡ʒɪˈnaɪə/ /ˌɪfɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Iphigenia.wav US en aɪə Proper noun en Greek mythology The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy. en 2007 Amber Jacobs On Matricide: Myth, Psychoanalysis, and the Law of the Mother http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xIUJgCDQvY4C&pg=PA161&dq=%22Iphigenia%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cLIWU_nPDcjnlAWF5YDQBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Iphigenia%22&f=false 161 If we are convinced by the way the Iphigenia myth reworks and distorts the structure of the Metis myth, then we gain a new understanding of the logic underlying Athena's refusal to acknowledge the crime against Iphigenia. en 2008 Allan Brooks Myths, Games and Conflict http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kURpkABridoC&pg=PA8&dq=%22Iphigenia%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QcUWU_T7DMPKkQXq7YGYBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Iphigenia%22&f=false 8 The founding of the sanctuary at Braurona is related to the myths of Iphigenia and her brother, Orestes. en 2013 Willie Young 4: Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice Eric Bronson; William Irwin Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box http://books.google.com.au/books?id=g_jmwowkru8C&pg=PA63&dq=%22Iphigenia%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cLIWU_nPDcjnlAWF5YDQBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Iphigenia%22&f=false 63 One such involuntary sacrifice is found in the story of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, the famous Greek king and warrior. Translations Greek mythological figure Armenian: hy Իփիգենիա Old Armenian: xcl Իփիւգենիա French: fr Iphigénie f German: de Iphigenie f Greek: el Ιφιγένεια f Ancient Greek: grc Ῑ̓φιγένεια f Italian: it Ifigenia f Latin: la Īphigenīa f Polish: pl Ifigenia f Portuguese: pt Ifigênia f Russian: ru Ифиге́ния f Spanish: es Ifigenia f Swedish: sv Ifigenia c Latin Etymology la Īphigenīa :bor grc:Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ + 1 Pronunciation Īphigenīa Proper noun Īphigenīa<1> Īphigenīan Greek type accusative in -an. en Iphigenia a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Artemis, was to be offered up by way of expiation; but the goddess put a hart in her place and conveyed her to the Tauric Chersonese, where she became a priestess of Artemis, and with her brother Orestes carried off Artemis’s image la Cicero Tusculanae Disputationes 1 116 Iphigenia Aulide duci se immolandam iubet, ut hostium elicatur suo. Iphigenia ordered herself to be conveyed to Aulis, to be sacrificed, that her blood might be the cause of spilling that of her enemies. la Ovid la Gaius Julius Hyginus la Propertius la Juvenal la Cato the Elder la Aulus Gellius la Rhetorica ad Herennium Declension Īphigenīa<1> Īphigenīan Greek type accusative in -an. References Īphĭgĕnīa Īphĭgĕnīa 855/3 1 Īphigenīa 964/3 Further reading Iphigenia la