useless-catalanfacts:Moisaic from the 1st century BC in the Roman city Emporiae (located in modern-d
useless-catalanfacts:Moisaic from the 1st century BC in the Roman city Emporiae (located in modern-day Empúries, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia).The mosaic represents the secene ofIphigenia’s sacrifice in the theatre play Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides. The veiled girl at the centre is Iphigenia, acompanied by her father Agamemnon, Menelaus, Odysseus (Ulysses) and other characters of the Iliad. At the top right corner, there is Artemis bringing a deer to substitute Iphigenia in the sacrifice. -- source link
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