Ustinov, BathIphigenia is not a happy young woman. Who can blame her? Her father, the great hero Agamemnon, was prepared to sacrifice her to the gods to ensure a fair wind for his Troy-bound fleet, and her neck was only saved by the intervention of the goddess Diana. But life for Iphigenia in Tauris as a priestess and virtual prisoner in Diana's shrine, courted by King Thoas who wants to make her his bride, makes her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM on October 19, 2011