Iphigénie

See also: Iphigénie (homonymy), Iphianassa

In the Greek Mythology, Iphigénie (in Greek old Ἰφιγένεια / Iphigéneia ), or Iphianassa at Homère ( Ἰφιάνασσα ), is the girl of Agamemnon and Clytemnestre, and the sister of Oreste, Electra and Chrysothémis, therefore subjected to the yoke of the Malédiction of Atrides.

Myth

When Agamemnon, wishing to avenge his/her brother Ménélas for the abduction of Helene by Pâris, tries to launch its fleet joined together to Aulis towards the coasts of Troy, the winds remain unfavourable. Calchas the soothsayer reveals whereas an offense made by Agamemnon against Artémis is the cause, that only the death of Iphigénie would alleviate.

Ulysses invents a stratagem then in order to attract Iphigénie with Aulis: one makes say to Clytemnestre that Achille would refuse to leave if one did not grant the hand of Iphigénie to him. Iphigénie would then have left berner, and as of its arrival would have been sacrificed, but Artémis, following certain writings, would have replaced it in extremis by a hind, in order to preserve it madness of the men, and would have made of it the priestess of her temple in Aulide. Thereafter, it would be turned over to Mycènes with her brother Oreste after having saved it sacrifice to which he was promised.

Artistic evocations

Iphigénie in Aulis and Iphigénie in Tauride , Greek Tragedy S of Euripide
Iphigénie , French tragedy of Root
Iphigénie in Tauride , German tragedy of Goethe
Iphigénie in Aulide and Iphigénie in Tauride , operas of Gluck

Sources

(II, 16; III, 22).
Eschyle, Orestie .
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(XCVIII; CXX; CXXI).
(XIII, 107).
(XII, 24-38).
(I, 43,1; II, 22,6-7; III, 16,7).
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