Sacrifice of Iphigeneia, 1st century AD 2015-07-29 11:32:20 for photograph
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Sacrifice of Iphigeneia

1st century AD 2015-07-29 11:32:20 for photograph

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Photograph
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Credit line
Own work, User:Jebulon for photograph
Rights
Public domain, as the museum states it.
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About this work

Iphigeneia carried to the sacrifice (centre) while the seer Calchas (on the right) watches on and Agamemnon (on the left) covers his head in sign of deploration. In the sky, Artemis appears with a hind which will be substituted to the young girl.