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Title
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Iphigenia en cierva
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Description
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This image illustrates Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae, sacrificing his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Diana. The Greeks, on their way to Troy, had to stop in the port of Aulis due to a storm. Agamemnon used his daughter as the ultimate sacrifice in the hopes that Diana would subside the storm and offer safe passage to Troy. The storm is illustrated on the left-hand side of the engraving, as there are waves crashing up against the shore and on the ships. Before burning Iphigenia alive, Diana saves her and replaces her with a female deer. The female deer is visible in the center of the engraving, laying on the stone table with the flames engulfing her. The Greeks are depicted surrounding and watching the sacrifice as smoke fills the air. Diana and Iphigenia are illustrated at the top of the engraving, with Diana looking towards Iphigenia as she points her towards safety.
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Image Creator
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Virgil Solis (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:11850
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Source Name
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Las Transformaciones de Ovidio en lengua Española, repartidas en quinze libros, con las Allegorias al fin dellos, y sus figuras, para prouecho de los Artifices [The Transformations of Ovid in the Spanish language, distributed in fifteen books, with the allegories at the end of them and their figures, for the benefit of the creators]
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Image
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Subject
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Agamemnon
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Iphigenia
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Goddesses
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Roman Mythology
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Greek Mythology
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Sacrifice
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The Trojan War
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