Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon;
Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy;
Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Iphigenia
n 1: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and
Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a
sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on
its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a
priestess