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Iphigenia

also: Iphianassa

Daughter of Agamemnon, sacrificed by the Greek leaders at Aulis to win a favorable wind for the fleet against Troy. Lucretius (using the name Iphianassa) makes her death the poem's emblem of the crimes superstition can prompt.

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On the Nature of Things poetry · 1 mention

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