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Agamemnon, king of Argos, as the general of the Greek expedition against Troy, sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to the goddess Artemis, who was preventing the wind from filling the sails of the ...

In the concert, slated for June 19, the TSO will perform “Iphigeneia in Aulis: Overture” by Christoph Willibald Gluck, “The Symphony No. 9” by Antonín Dvořák, and “Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor” by ...

Agamemnon had a reason for sacrificing his daughter, Iphigeneia. It was a murder ordained by the Gods themselves, according to Agamemnon’s prophets, and without it the Greeks were apparently doomed to ...

What people would generally like about you? A bit shy and maintains a few close friends and they commit to such friendship.

The real subject matter is how the next generation, the generation of Iphigeneia, Orestes and Electra, cannot live with the fall-out and tries to move from revenge to healing. The Oresteia is a long ...

Below is the popularity graph of the name Elektra from 1985 to 2024, based on data from the SSA. Among the SSA compilation of popular girl's names over the past 10 years, the name Elektra ranked ...

One year after that, he got married with Artemis Nazou, and together they had four daughters (Penelope, Margarita-Penelope, Margarita and Iphigeneia), and a son, Onoufrios-Telemachos. In 1880 Gyzis ...

The resources below are intended to provide some general background; brief specific reading suggestions on three topics (Medea, Heracles and Iphigeneia) are given below. Some recommended topics: Medea ...