Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella & Stories

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Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. The goddess swept the young princess off to Tauris where she became a priestess at the Temple of Artemis. In Greek mythology, Iphigenia appears as the Greek fleet gathers in Aulis to prepare for war against Troy.

each word is perfectly placed and his mix of fables and myths into his story create such a fine woven piece of material. The complete lack of logic or coherence of the system, its schizophrenia, are exemplified by several accounts, including the narrator’s own experience, which, fortunately, has a happy ending. It is grimly cynical - but then if you'ld lived under Albanian communism (supposedly the 'purest' in history), you'd be too. Achilles reports that the army is clamoring for Iphigeneia’s sacrifice, but he will still protect her if it comes to that.In the Iliad he declares: “I have three daughters in my well-made home / Khrysothemis, Laodikê, and Iphianassa” (τρεῖς δέ μοί εἰσι θύγατρες ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ εὐπήκτῳ / Χρυσόθεμις καὶ Λαοδίκη καὶ ᾿Ιφιάνασσα, 9. In the story, Agamemnon offends the goddess Artemis on his way to the Trojan War by hunting and killing one of Artemis' sacred stags. A translation from the Albanian might sound like daunting reading, but Kadare’s writing is straightforward and full of black humor.

In 1843, botanist Kunth published Iphigenia, which is a plant genus in the family Colchicaceae and it was named after Iphigenia.Clytemnestra greets Achilles as her future son-in-law, and an embarrassing confusion ensues until the Old Man explains to them what Agamemnon’s true intentions are.