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Fourth Style fresco depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii. 1st century CE. (Naples National Archaeological Museum)
Iphigenia is dragged to the altar as a sacrificial offering to Artemis. On either side stand her father, King Agamemnon, and her grieving mother Clytemnestra. The scene above shows Artemis and one of her Nymphs bringing a stag to sacrifice in the girl's place.
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