This piece features Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sacrificed by her father before the Trojan War. I think she deserves have a bit more of a presence. Her death sets off the events of the whole story of the murder of Agamemnon and all that comes after, she is constantly haunting the narrative, and only Clytemnestra gets to be a ghost? Doesn’t seem right. This painting is the largest piece, painted on 10 different canvases. In the Libations play, by the end of the act 2 gallery each piece of her is somewhere else, moved around the room by the actor playing the ghost of Iphigenia. She is everywhere in the story, pieces of her lingering, inseparable from the family that lives on.

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Fun Facts:

In some versions of the story, she was saved at the very last moment when Artemis replaced her with a deer for the sacrifice. This version of the story exists in the plays Iphigenia in Aulis and Iphigenia in Tauris, by Euripides, which focus on her story. The title of this painting is a reference to the title of these two plays.