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Iphigenia

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English

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The Sacrifice of Iphigenia, by François Perrier, between 1632 and 1633
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φιγένεια (Īphigéneia).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɪfɪd͡ʒɪˈnaɪə/, /ˌɪfɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

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Iphigenia

  1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.
    • 2007, Amber Jacobs, On Matricide: Myth, Psychoanalysis, and the Law of the Mother, page 161:
      If we are convinced by the way the Iphigenia myth reworks and distorts the structure of the Metis myth, then we gain a new understanding of the logic underlying Athena's refusal to acknowledge the crime against Iphigenia.
    • 2008, Allan Brooks, Myths, Games and Conflict, page 8:
      The founding of the sanctuary at Braurona is related to the myths of Iphigenia and her brother, Orestes.
    • 2013, Willie Young, “4: Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice”, in Eric Bronson, William Irwin, editors, Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batter's Box, page 63:
      One such involuntary sacrifice is found in the story of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, the famous Greek king and warrior.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ῑ̓φῐγένειᾰ (Īphigéneia).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Īphigenīa f sg (genitive Īphigenīae); first declension

  1. Iphigenia (a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who, because her father had killed, in Aulis, a hart belonging to Artemis, 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 Artemis, and with her brother Orestes carried off Artemis’s image)
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Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Īphigenīa
genitive Īphigenīae
dative Īphigenīae
accusative Īphigenīan
ablative Īphigenīā
vocative Īphigenīa

Greek type accusative in -an.

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