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Iphigenia
Iphigenia EuropeThe daughter sacrificed by Agamemnon in order to gain a fair wind to Troy. The Athenians combined her worship with that of Artemis. At Brauron, on the eastern coast of Attica, a cave near Artemis' sanctuary was held to be Iphigenia's tomb or cenotaph. Another legend suggests that Iphigenia may have been Artemis' priestess, since she was charged with the sacrifice to the goddess of all strangers caught in the country of the Tauri, a Scythian tribe.
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