iphigenia
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(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 (synset 109618414)referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeksis an instance of: mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
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