The maiden brought to Aulis as a sacrifice for the Greek fleet, rescued by Artemis and made her priestess among the Taurians before escaping with Orestes.1
Calchas declared that the windbound fleet could not sail unless Agamemnon offered his fairest daughter. Lured to Aulis by a false promise of marriage to Achilles, Iphigenia was placed at the altar, but Artemis substituted a deer, carried her to Tauris, and made her priestess; some said the goddess made her immortal.2
Hyginus begins after the rescue: Iphigenia serves as priestess in Tauris, recognizes Orestes and Pylades when they are brought for sacrifice, deceives King Thoas, and escapes with them and the image of Diana.3
Apollodorus places Iphigenia among Agamemnon's daughters. Pausanias reports a different Argive tradition: Helen bore her to Theseus and gave the child to Clytemnestra, while later poets agreed that Theseus was her father.4⚖
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