Iphigenia, a character from Greek mythology, was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. According to the myth, she was to be sacrificed by her father to appease the goddess Artemis, who had become angered by Agamemnon for killing a sacred deer and boasting about his hunting skills. The sacrifice was necessary to ensure favorable winds for the Greek fleet's journey to Troy during the Trojan War.
In different versions of the myth,