Iphigeneia/Definition

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Iphigeneia [r]: From Greek mythology, she was the unfortunate daughter of Agamemnon who was sacrificed by her father in exchange for a "fair wind" to sail to Troy. The sacrifice embittered Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra, and a chain of tragedies resulted when the king returned from Troy. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.