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The Iphigenia Cycle: Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. With Wilson Cain III, Nathan Davis, Anne Dudek, Genevra Gallo.
- JoAnne Akalaitis
- 1997-10-10
- Drama
- 151
The Iphigenia Cycle (Video 1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Greek film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on Euripides' play "Iphigenia at Aulis". The score was composed by Mikis Theodorakis. "Iphigenia" relates the story of an incident that took...
- 129 min
- 46.1K
- GREEK CINEMA
All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Wilson Cain Iii, Nathan Davis, Anne Dudek, Genevra Gallo, Mic...
Some very early Greek sources in the Epic Cycle affirmed that Artemis rescued Iphigenia from the human sacrifice her father was about to perform, for instance in the lost epic Cypria, which survives in a summary by Proclus: "Artemis ... snatched her away and transported her to the Tauroi, making her immortal, and put a stag in place ...
She desires his death to avenge the sacrifice of her daughter Iphigenia, to exterminate the only thing hindering her from commandeering the crown, and to finally be able to publicly embrace her long-time lover Aegisthus.
Iphigenia (Greek: Ιφιγένεια) 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.
