Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun iphigenia

1 sense of iphigenia

Sense 1
Iphigenia -- ((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)
       INSTANCE OF=> mythical being -- (an imaginary being of myth or fable)