Iphigenia

Iphigenia, or Iphian Assa, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, who was sacrificed to procure favourable winds for. the Greek fleet assembled at Aulis for the expedition against Troy, where they were detained owing to Artemis' wrath against Agamemnon. In one version of the legend Artemis saved her to be her priestess at Tauris, whence she was rescued by her brother Orestes.