See Also: Iphigeneia(encyclopedia)

Pella (sh) and Iphigeneia (sh)


Pella (sh)




Ancient capital, Macedonia.

Located in northern Greece, northwest of Thessaloniki, the city flourished at the end of the 5th century BC. Originally known as Bounomos, it developed rapidly under Philip II, but, after the Romans defeated the last Macedonian king, it became a small provincial town. Archaeological excavations began in 1957 and revealed large, well-built houses with rooms with mosaic floors Dating from the late 4th century BC. Pella was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.


Iphigeneia (sh)




In Greek mythology, the eldest daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and sister of Electra and Orestes.

When the Achaean fleet was becalmed at Aulis, Iphigeneia's father sacrificed her to Artemis in order to secure favourable winds to carry the ships to Troy. Her mother later avenged her death by murdering Agamemnon. Iphigeneia's story is treated in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. According to Euripides, she did not die but was saved by Artemis; she went to the land of Tauris, where she became a priestess, and she saved Orestes from madness and death when he fled there after killing their mother.