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|Text=[[Ἰφιγένεια]], ἡ, or V. [[Ἰφιγόνη]], ἡ ([[Euripides]], ''El.'' 1023), or say, [[daughter]] of [[Agamemnon]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Īphĭgĕnīa</b>: ae (Gr. acc. [[Iphigenian]], Ov. P. 3, 2, 62), f., = [[Ἰφιγένεια]],><br /><b>I</b> Iphigenīa, a [[daughter]] of [[Agamemnon]] and [[Clytemnestra]], [[who]], [[because]] her [[father]] had [[kill]]ed, in [[Aulis]], a [[hart]] belonging to [[Diana]], [[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 [[Diana]], and [[with]] her [[brother]] [[Orestes]] carried [[off]] [[Diana]]'s [[image]], Ov. M. 12, 27 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 98 and 120; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 146; Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 24; Juv. 12, 119.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Īphĭgĕnia</b>,¹⁴ æ, f. ([[Ἰφιγένεια]]), Iphigénie [fille d’[[Agamemnon]] et de Clytemnestre] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 116 ; Ov. M. 12, 27. acc. -ian Ov. P. 3, 2, 62.
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{{Georges
|georg=Īphigenīa, ae, f. ([[Ἰφιγένεια]]), [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Agamemnon]], sollte, [[weil]] [[ihr]] [[Vater]] eine Hirschkuh im [[heiligen]] Haine der [[Artemis]] ([[Diana]]) getötet hatte, der [[Göttin]] zur [[Sühne]] geopfert [[werden]]. Als indessen das [[Opfer]] [[vor]] [[sich]] [[gehen]] sollte, entrückte [[Artemis]], in eine [[Wolke]] [[sie]] hüllend, die [[Jungfrau]], brachte [[sie]] [[nach]] [[Tauris]] u. machte [[sie]] [[dort]] zu ihrer [[Priesterin]]; an ihrer [[Stelle]] stand [[vor]] dem [[Opferaltar]] in [[Aulis]] eine Hirschkuh (vgl. [[Orestes]]), Hyg. fab. 98. Ov. ex Pont. 3, 2, 45 sqq.; [[met]]. 12, 31 sqq. Cic. Tusc. 1, 116. – Griech. Akk. Iphigenian, Ov. ex Pont. 3, 2, 62.
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==Wikipedia EN==
In Greek mythology, [[Iphigenia]] (/ɪfɪdʒɪˈnaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigéneia, [iːpʰiɡéneː.a]) was a daughter of King [[Agamemnon]] and Queen [[Clytemnestra]], and thus a princess of [[Mycenae]].
==Translations==
ar: إيفيجينيا; be: Іфігенія; bg: Ифигения; br: Ifigeneia; ca: Ifigenia; cs: Ífigeneia; da: Ifigenia; de: Iphigenie; el: Ιφιγένεια; en: Iphigenia; eo: Ifigenia; es: Ifigenia; et: Iphigeneia; eu: Ifigenia; fa: ایفیگنیا; fi: Ifigeneia; fr: Iphigénie; gl: Ifixenia; he: איפיגניה; hr: Ifigenija; hu: Iphigeneia; id: Ifigeneia; it: Ifigenia; ja: イーピゲネイア; ka: იფიგენია; ko: 이피게네이아; la: Iphigenia; lt: Ifigenija; mk: Ифигенија; ml: ഇഫിഗേനിയ; nl: Iphigenia; nn: Ifigeneia; no: Ifigeneia; pl: Ifigenia; pt: Ifigénia; ro: Ifigenia; ru: Ифигения; sh: Ifigenija; simple: Iphigenia; sk: Ifigeneia; sq: Ifigjenia; sr: Ифигенија; sv: Ifigenia; tl: Iphigenia; uk: Іфігенія; zh: 伊菲革涅亚