IPHIGENIA


Meaning of IPHIGENIA in English

/if'i jeuh nuy"euh, -nee"euh/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Orestes and Electra: when she was about to be sacrificed to ensure a wind to take the Greek ships to Troy, she was saved by Artemis, whose priestess she became.

2. a female given name.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .