Noun: Iphigenia ,i-fi-ju'nI-u
- (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
Type of: mythical being
Encyclopedia: Iphigenia