Associations to the word «Iphigenia»
Noun
- Artemis
- Achilles
- Priestess
- Goethe
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- Cassandra
- Sacrifice
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- Iliad
- Troy
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- Cyclops
- Cantata
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- Frigate
- Helen
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- Ajax
- Castor
- Prometheus
- Lambert
- Altar
- Rhodes
- Greek
- Trilogy
- Cicero
- Twa
- Sail
- Heroine
- Daughter
- Mythology
- Douglas
- Vengeance
- Deer
- Apollo
- Irene
- Maiden
- Myth
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- Chorus
- Homer
- Wolfgang
- Statue
- Wrath
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- Wagner
- Cyprus
- Ion
- Opera
- Curtis
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- Capture
- Playwright
- Sanctuary
- Stranger
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- Messenger
- Drama
- Johann
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Wiktionary
IPHIGENIA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who narrowly escapes sacrifice by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.
Dictionary definition
IPHIGENIA, noun. (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.
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