Iphigenia (disambiguation)
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Iphigenia can refer to:
  • Iphigenia, mythological figure, daughter of Agamemnon sacrificed to Artemis
  • Iphigenia (film)
    Iphigenia (film)
    Iphigenia is a 1977 Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Greek myth of Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who was ordered by the goddess Artemis to be sacrificed...

    , 1977 Greek film
  • 112 Iphigenia
    112 Iphigenia
    112 Iphigenia is a fairly large and exceedingly dark main-belt asteroid. It has probably a primitive carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on September 19, 1870, and named after Iphigenia, the princess sacrificed by her father in Greek mythology....

    , asteroid
  • Ephigenia
    Ephigenia
    According to the Golden Legend, Ephigenia was the daughter of Ethiopian King Egippus. She was dedicated to God by Saint Matthew. When Hirtacus succeeded the King, he promised the apostle half of his kingdom if he could persuade Ephigenia to marry him...

    , sainted daughter of Ethiopian king
  • Iphigenia (genus), a mollucs genus in the family Donacidae

Iphigenia in Tauris

  • Iphigenia in Tauris, drama by Euripedes
  • Iphigenia in Tauris (Goethe), drama by Goethe
  • Iphigénie en Tauride
    Iphigénie en Tauride
    Iphigénie en Tauride is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard....

    , opera by Gluck
  • Iphigénie en Tauride (Campra)
    Iphigénie en Tauride (Campra)
    Iphigénie en Tauride is an opera by the French composers Henri Desmarets and André Campra. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Joseph-François Duché de Vancy with additions by Antoine Danchet...

    , opera by Campra
  • Iphigénie en Tauride (Piccinni)
    Iphigénie en Tauride (Piccinni)
    Iphigénie en Tauride is a tragédie lyrique in four acts by Niccolò Piccinni, which was first performed at the Académie royale de musique on January 23, 1781...

    , opera by Piccinni

Iphigenia at Aulis

  • Iphigenia in Aulis, drama by Euripedes
  • Iphigénie
    Iphigénie
    Iphigénie is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed in the Orangerie in Versailles on August 18th 1674 as part of the fifth of the royal Divertissements de Versailles of Louis XIV to celebrate the conquest of...

    , tragedy by Racine
  • Iphigénie en Aulide
    Iphigénie en Aulide
    Iphigénie en Aulide is an opera in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck, the first work he wrote for the Paris stage. The libretto was written by Leblanc du Roullet and was based on Jean Racine's tragedy Iphigénie...

    , opera by Gluck
  • Iphigénie en Aulide (Pleyel), opera by Pleyel
  • Iphigenia in Brooklyn, solo cantata by P. D. Q. Bach
    P. D. Q. Bach
    P. D. Q. Bach is a fictitious composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a gag that Schickele has developed over a five-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family...


Ships named after Iphigenia

  • There were several HMS Iphigenia
    HMS Iphigenia
    Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Iphigenia, after Iphigenia, a figure in Greek mythology: was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and burnt by accident in 1801. was a 38-gun fifth rate, formerly the Spanish ship Medea. She was captured in 1804 and renamed HMS Imperieuse in...

     in the Royal Navy
  • There were also several ships named Iphigénie in the French Navy, including:
  • French frigate Iphigénie (1777)
    French frigate Iphigénie (1777)
    Iphigénie was a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class.In April 1778, she captured the 18-gun sloop off Saint Lucia. She captured during the same year...

    , captured by Spanish Navy in 1795, becoming Ifigenia
  • The Iphigénie-class
    Iphigénie class frigate
    The Iphigénie class was a group of nine 32-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy, built during the late 1770s at Lorient and Saint Malo . They were designed by Léon Guignace. The seven built at Saint Malo were initially numbered Nos. 1 - 7 respectively, and not given names until October 1777 ...

     frigates, named after the previous ship
    • Iphigénie, British 18-pounder frigate HMS Iphigenia (1805)
      HMS Iphigenia (1805)
      HMS Iphigenia was a Royal Navy 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate. She was built at Chatham Dockyard by Master Shipwright Robert Seppings....

       captured August 1810 - Retaken by British Navy December 1810.
    • French frigate Iphigénie (1810)
      French frigate Iphigénie (1810)
      The French frigate Iphigénie was a Pallas-class frigate of a nominal 44 guns, launched in 1810. The British captured her on 1814. The British named her HMS Palma, and then renamed her HMS Gloire...

      , a Pallas-class frigate, captured by British Navy 1814, becoming HMS Gloire before being sold in 1817.
    • French frigate Iphigénie (1827)
    • French frigate Iphigénie (1936), a La Pomone class destroyer
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