Iphigenia Hoodies

IPHIGENIA, princess and sacrifice “And the grace of the gods is a grace that comes by violence” by Aeschylus (trans. Anne Carson)

Scene from the Decameron, oil painting by Lord Frederic Leighton, 1884

Cymon and Iphigenia - Lord Frederic Leighton Cymon came across Iphigenia asleep under a tree and her beauty awoke his soul. She was the daughter of King Agamemnon and was about to be sacrificed to the goddess Artemis when she was transported to the city of Taurus. Please look in my shop for more work by Leighton and his contemporaries.

Roman Fresco from Pompeii relating the sacrifice of Iphigenia in Aulis by her father Agamemnon. leader of the Greek host attacking Troy

A beautiful 1st century Roman Fresco from the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, destroyed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD

Cymon and Iphigenia - Lord Frederic Leighton, 1884.