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(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess.

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  • He said, "I find the Iphigenia is from America, from the Chesapeake: that little box under your arm contains, I see, dispatches."
  • O Agamemnon, king of all the Greeks, I am come, bringing thy daughter to thee, whom thou didst name Iphigenia in thy palace.
  • Yesterday afternoon, bink and her 9-year-old niece Anya "Iphigenia" in the Fly movie and I made herring-head masks.
  • The overture to "Iphigenia" was executed entrancingly.
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