English noun: Iphigenia | |||
1. | Iphigenia (person) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess | ||
Instance hypernym | mythical being | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||