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|image = ACOD FoA Iphigenia.png | |image = ACOD FoA Iphigenia fullbody.png | ||
|death = | |death = c. 422 BCE<br>[[Iphigenia's Compound]], [[Pheraia's Retreat]], [[Elysium]] {{c|simulation only}} | ||
c. 422 BCE<br>[[Iphigenia's Compound]], [[Pheraia's Retreat]], [[Elysium]] {{c|simulation only}} | |||
|species = [[Human]] | |species = [[Human]] | ||
|affiliates = [[Mycenae]]<br | |affiliates = [[Mycenae]]<br>[[Persephone's Overseers]] {{c|simulation only}}}}{{Quote|An intruder in my compound? I will bring Hekate your head!|Iphigenia, upon battling Kassandra}} | ||
'''Iphigenia''' (died 12th century BCE) was the daughter of king [[Agamemnon]] and queen [[Klytaimnestra]] and thus a princess of [[Mycenae]], in [[Greek mythology]]. She was also sister of [[Orestes of Sparta|Orestes]]. | '''Iphigenia''' (died 12th century BCE) was the daughter of king [[Agamemnon]] and queen [[Klytaimnestra]] and thus a princess of [[Mycenae]], in [[Greek mythology]]. She was also sister of [[Orestes of Sparta|Orestes]]. | ||
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In the 12th century BCE, when Agamemnon's ships were immobilized by the goddess [[Artemis]] on their way to [[Troy]] during the [[Trojan War]], Agamemnon sought to appease the goddess by sacrificing Iphigenia. However, Artemis<ref name="tFoA - FoE">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]''</ref> intervened, and replaced the girl with a [[Deer|doe]].<ref name="Site">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice|Boeotia: Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice]]</ref> | In the 12th century BCE, when Agamemnon's ships were immobilized by the goddess [[Artemis]] on their way to [[Troy]] during the [[Trojan War]], Agamemnon sought to appease the goddess by sacrificing Iphigenia. However, Artemis<ref name="tFoA - FoE">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]''</ref> intervened, and replaced the girl with a [[Deer|doe]].<ref name="Site">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations#Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice|Boeotia: Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice]]</ref> | ||
===Simulation=== | ===Simulation === | ||
In a [[Aletheia's simulations|simulation]] created by the [[Isu]] [[Aletheia]], Iphigenia was one of the [[Persephone's Overseers|overseers]] of [[Persephone]], stationed in a [[Iphigenia's Compound|complex]] in [[Elysium]].<ref name="Give em Hades">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium'' – [[Give 'Em Hades]]</ref> | In a [[Aletheia's simulations|simulation]] created by the [[Isu]] [[Aletheia]], Iphigenia was one of the [[Persephone's Overseers|overseers]] of [[Persephone]], stationed in a [[Iphigenia's Compound|complex]] in [[Elysium]].<ref name="Give em Hades">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – ''The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium'' – [[Give 'Em Hades]]</ref> | ||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c|mentioned in Historical Locations only}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c|mentioned in Historical Locations only}} | ||
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' {{C|simulation only}} | **''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' {{C|simulation only}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:44, 29 December 2021
- "An intruder in my compound? I will bring Hekate your head!"
- ―Iphigenia, upon battling Kassandra
Iphigenia (died 12th century BCE) was the daughter of king Agamemnon and queen Klytaimnestra and thus a princess of Mycenae, in Greek mythology. She was also sister of Orestes.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Mythology[edit | edit source]
According to legends, Iphigenia brought back a statue of Artemis from Tauris.[1]
In the 12th century BCE, when Agamemnon's ships were immobilized by the goddess Artemis on their way to Troy during the Trojan War, Agamemnon sought to appease the goddess by sacrificing Iphigenia. However, Artemis[2] intervened, and replaced the girl with a doe.[3]
Simulation[edit | edit source]
In a simulation created by the Isu Aletheia, Iphigenia was one of the overseers of Persephone, stationed in a complex in Elysium.[4]
Iphigenia was later hunted down by the misthios Kassandra as part of her quest to eliminate Persephone's influence. Kassandra also recovered a battlaxe from Iphigenia's body which was said to be given to her by Klytaimnestra.[4]
Legacy and influence[edit | edit source]
By the 5th century BCE, the Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice within the Cursed Land of Oedipous in Boetia was still standing, a deer's corpse on the altar when the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited it.[3] The Statue of Artemis that Iphigenia had reportedly taken from Tauris was also still standing in Attika by this time too.[1]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned in Historical Locations only)
- The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium (simulation only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Attika: Statue of Artemis Tauropolos
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Boeotia: Site of Iphigenia's Sacrifice
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium – Give 'Em Hades