Italy, Naples Museum, from Pompeii, House of the Tragic Poet (VI, 8, 5), Iphigenia's Sacrifice

• Contributor: Sites & Photos / Shmuel Magal / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: CEM14J
• File size: 60.2 MB (4.1 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 26 February 2010
• Photographer: Samuel Magal

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Iphigeneia is dragged to the altar by two soldiers as a sacrificial offering to Artemis. One either side stand her father, King Agamemnon, and grieving mother Clytemnestra. In the heavens Artemis summons one of her Nymphs to bring a stag to substitute for the girl.