Agamemnon's face was cloudy, and when he reached the steps, he saw dark clouds rising and rain crackling down, covering the heavens and the earth with a gray and gloomy gloomy face, but there was no wind at all!

How can a ship go to sea without wind?

Is it because you have to paddle to Troy by hand?

After some time, Agamemnon breathed a heavy breath, stared at the sky, and finally said nothing, as if he had made up his mind, and turned away.

It was a garden, surrounded by several small buildings, where Queen Clytemnestra and her children lived, and Agamemnon walked to the garden, identified the room of his daughter Iphigenia, and walked quickly.

Pushing open the door, but being slightly stunned, seeing that Queen Clytemnestra was also there, and was looking at him with angry eyes at the moment, Agamemnon was a little surprised, but he didn't have time to think about it, and said to the queen: "Call your child out." ”

"Hmph!" Reminded by her close servant, Queen Clytemnestra, who already knew the secret, was full of resentment, and her eyes flashed with undisguised hatred, and she did not speak, but said to the children in the room: "Come out, daughter, and come out with your brother Orestes." ”

Iphigenia took her brother Orestes by the hand and came out of the inner room, and the girl was slim, but with her head bowed with some uneasiness.

"Behold, Iphigenia is standing here, ready to do as you command. ”

"Now, if I want you to answer me, tell me frankly and honestly, that you really want to kill our daughter?" said Queen Clytemnestra coldly.

These words immediately stunned Agamemnon.

How do you answer this?

Originally, Agamemnon planned to take his daughter Iphigenia out alone, but he didn't know where the queen got the news, which made him fall into passivity.

Do you want to confess in front of your daughter and son that you want to kill her?

Agamemnon stood there in silence for a long time, and finally cried out in despair, her voice miserable and desperate: "Ah, O goddess of fate! ”

"Now listen to me, Agamemnon, our marriage began with sin. Seeing that he did not deny it, Queen Clytemnestra's heart sank, a trace of despair appeared, and her voice became sharp.

"You violently kidnapped me and killed my ex-husband. I was originally married to Tantalus, the son of Tiestus. ”

"At that time, not only did you kill my husband, but you also snatched my child out of your bosom, and you killed him cruelly in front of me. ”

"I cried out, my brother Castor and Polydiuces led the army after you, and you were desperate, and asked my old father Tyndareus for protection, and when he saw that you were pitiful, he saved you and made you my husband. ”

"Even though you treated me so cruelly and killed my ex-husband, my children, but my father asked me to marry you, I still kept my vows when I got married, to be a faithful wife, to make you happy at home and proud outside, and I gave birth to you three daughters and a son. ”

"You and I have been married for more than ten years, have I ever been sorry for you?" At this point, Queen Clytemnestra's face was full of tears, and she screamed: "Now what do you give me in return?"

"You're going to take my daughter Iphigenia, aren't you? Why? For the sake of your throne, for the sake of your brother Menelaus, to regain his unfaithful wife, and for the sake of your brother Menelaus, you're going to kill your own daughter?"

"Do you want me to sacrifice my daughter in order to save Menelaus?"

"Have you entered the realm of Hades? How can you be so cruel?" said Queen Clytemnestra, unable to hold back her tears.

Iphigenia had heard that her mother was going to hide herself, but she didn't understand what she meant, but after listening to these words of her mother Clytemnestra, she realized that her father Agamemnon was going to kill her, which made her hardest to believe her ears.

Her father loved her like that since she was a child, how could she do such a cruel thing?

She fell to her knees in front of her father, Agamemnon, with tears streaming down her face, her voice hoarse and helpless.

"Father, if I had the miraculous harp of Orpheus, if I had the voice that moved the stone, then I could touch your heart with music, and speak eloquently to arouse your sympathy!"

"But I don't have the ability, only tears are my only weapon. ”

"Whoever asks for mercy has an olive branch in his hand, and I have to use my hands instead of an olive branch. Father, don't let me die at such a young age! Are you really going to kill me?"

"Oh, don't do that. ”

"I beg you in front of your mother to spare your poor daughter Iphigenia. My mother gave birth to me in October, and now she feels even more pain at the thought of my death. ”

"What does Helen and Paris have to do with me? Paris came to Greece and committed a crime, you ought to go to him, why should I die?"

"Ah, father, look into my eyes, and have mercy on me!"

Iphigenia faced death, confronted her father, and sent out a courage that she had never seen before.

Agamemnon stood silently, if he had felt guilty just now, listening to the rebuke of Queen Clytemnestra and the bitter plea of his daughter Iphigenia, he broke the jar and broke it, and his heart was as cold as a stone.

"As long as the law permits me to sympathize with my daughter Iphigenia, I will sympathize with her, because I love my children dearly, otherwise I would not be as good as a beast. ”

"But I'm doing terrible things right now with a heavy heart because I have to. ”

"You see, what a huge fleet I command, how many princes and kings in armor stand around me. ”

"My child, if I do not sacrifice you as the oracle foretold, then Troy cannot be conquered. ”

The heroes all hoped that the women of Greece would never again be held hostage by the Trojans, and they all made up their minds. ”

"If I don't do what the oracle does, they will kill you, and they will kill me, and my power will end here, and I will be powerless. ”

"I do not compromise with my brother Menelaus to sacrifice you, but I am obedient to the demands of all the Greeks, and I want you to keep this in mind. ”

With that, King Agamemnon left the garden with resolute steps.

At this time, there was no Achilles, no one could save poor Iphigenia, and in the blink of an eye, two guards dragged Iphigenia away.

The queen fell to the ground in grief, and she cried and shouted and shouted and hoarse, and no one would come to their aid.

The queen could not follow her daughter, she could not watch her daughter die, which would break her heart completely, she raised her hands and took an oath: "Agamemnon, you cannot deceive me, I am the princess of Sparta, the queen of McKenny." ”

"If the war has been waged and the prince and the king have paid a heavy price, then your words are still true, but now, the heroes, the princes, and the king can be brought together, and there is no blood to pay. ”

"And you are the king of the most powerful kingdom in Greece, Mykenny, you really refuse, willing to compensate, who dares to kill you, who can kill you?"

"What hero would want to pay such a price?"

"You just sacrificed our daughter for your ambition, I swear, you will definitely pay the price!"

Mount Olympus

Sharp and heartbreaking voices rushed up to the clouds, and the gods watched this scene calmly, they had witnessed too much of this tragedy of love and killing between relatives, so they could not let their hearts fluctuate in any way.

With one exception, there is one deity, Artemis.

Apollo said to Artemis: "Behold, after this incident, Queen Clytemnestra's love for Agamemnon is gone, and she is despairing. ”

On the contrary, only hatred remained in her heart, and the hatred of her husband and children who had killed her before was awakened. ”

"I can see that Agamemnon is already entangled with the thread of fate. ”

"But I am not interested in the fate of Agamemnon, I only pity the princess who will be sacrificed to me. Artemis said.

In the clouds, the image of Orris continues to show.

The gods saw that the assembled princes and kings were gathered in the sacred grove of the goddess Artemis, whose temple and sacred grove were located outside the city of Oris.

The altar was erected, and the priest and prophet Calcas stood in front of the altar.

Iphigenia was bound and escorted up by the guards, and the priest pushed her into the altar.

The priest took water from the jar and sprinkled it on the altar and Iphigenia, and recited the prayer, and Carcassa took the knife and cut it down while praying.

At the moment of swinging the sword, a miracle occurred, and Iphigenia disappeared in front of everyone.

It turned out that Artemis took pity on her and took her away, and in her place was a beautiful sika deer that had borne the knife cut by Kalka and lay on the ground, struggling in a pool of blood on the altar.

"Look, princes, look at the sacrifice here, this is from the goddess Artemis, and she would rather sacrifice this sika deer than the girl, how merciful she is. ”

"The altar does not need to be sprinkled with the blood of the maiden, the goddess Artemis has forgiven us, she will make our ship sail smoothly and guarantee our conquest of Troy. ”

"Take courage, we're leaving Port Orris today!" Calcas cried out, his voice high pitched with joy.

There was a huge cheer from everyone, and the forgiveness of the goddess Artemis was good news for them, meaning that the warship could go to sea.

Everyone left the Sacred Forest and returned to prepare for the upcoming Battle of Troy.

"That's fine, Iphigenia is fine, and Clytemnestra will rest assured!" Agamemnon breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the coachman, "Quick, let's go back and tell Clytemnestra the good news, so that she can rest assured." ”

The car quickly returned, and Agamemnon looked around, but when he did not see his wife Clytemnestra and his children, he asked, "Where are the people?"

"Great king, when you went to the Sacred Grove, Queen Clytemnestra ordered the turn of Maikenny, and is now on its way. ”

Agamemnon suddenly felt empty in his heart, and a trace of trepidation hit him.

"Clytemnestra, are you hating me?"

"No, I will make it up to you, as long as I can destroy Troy and win the war, I will be king of all Greece, you and your children, you will have more, and then you will understand what I have done. ”

"I'm all for you and your children. ”