1.0Polo Culturale Pietro Aldihttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/Polo Aldihttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/author/poloaldi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="leQoI6LF0G"><a href="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/agamemnon-condemning-iphigenia-to-be-sacrificed/">Agamemnon Condemning Iphigenia to be Sacrificed</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/agamemnon-condemning-iphigenia-to-be-sacrificed/embed/#?secret=leQoI6LF0G" width="600" height="338" title="“Agamemnon Condemning Iphigenia to be Sacrificed” — Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi" data-secret="leQoI6LF0G" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> http://www.poloaldi.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/230.jpg11261400An early work by Aldi, this was done while he was still a student at the Istituto di Belle Arti in Siena. The subject is taken from Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripedes and is connected with the Trojan War: the Greek ships had been blocked on the coast of Boeotia by a lack of wind, and the seer Calchas had foreseen that only by sacrificing Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, would the winds blow again. For this reason, the king sent Ulysses to fetch Iphigenia and bring her to Aulis with her mother, on the pretext of giving her as a bride to Achilles, but once they reached their destination, Agamemnon sentenced his daughter to death despite the plea for mercy launched by Clytemnestra, shown weeping and prostrate in the painting.