Iphigenia at Aulis
The fleet lies becalmed at Aulis and the seer has told Agamemnon that Artemis wants his daughter's life before the wind will change, so he has sent for her on the pretext of a marriage to Achilles; the play opens with him trying to get a second letter past his brother to call the journey off. Clytemnestra arrives with the girl, pleased about the match, and Achilles knows nothing of the use his name has been put to. Produced after Euripides' death and transmitted in a text corrupt at both ends, it is the closest Greek tragedy comes to a study of political cowardice.
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- influenced by ↑ The Iliad
- responds to ↑ The Oresteia
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