Brauron, Tomb of Iphigeneia

The small temple-like building is the supposed Tomb of Iphigeneia. According Eurypides And mortals will in future times celebrate Artemis Tauropolos with hymns. And establish this law: whenever the people keep the festival, let a sword be held  to a man's throat and draw out blood, in atonement for your sacrifice, so that the goddess may have her honors, and holiness is revered. You, Iphigenia, must be key-holder for this goddess on the hallowed stairs of Brauron, and will die there and be buried¹.

See:

1. John J. Coulton,, BRAURON (Vraona) Attica, Greece, in: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976.
2. Euripides. The Complete Greek Drama, edited by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. in two volumes. 1. Iphigenia in Tauris, translated by Robert Potter. New York. Random House. 1938
3. Brian Clark, BRAURON. The Sacred Sanctuary of Artemis- https://www.astrosynthesis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Sanctuary-of-Artemis-Brauron-Brian-Clark.pdf

Bronverwijzingen

1. ↑ Euripides, IT, 1455 f