Project Gutenberg 2005-05-18 Public domain in the USA. 422 Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 1749 1832 Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, J. W. (Johann Wolfgang) Goethe, Juan Wolfgango Swanwick, Anna 1813 1899 Iphigenia in Tauris Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphigenia_in_Tauris_(Goethe) Produced by David Starner, Peter Barozzi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Iphigenia in Tauris" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a dramatic play written in the late 18th century. The story revolves around the central character, Iphigenia, who is the daughter of Agamemnon and a priestess of Artemis, trapped in Tauris as she longs for her homeland, Greece. Through themes of sacrifice, identity, and the struggles between personal desires and divine will, the play explores the human condition and the power of fate. At the start of the narrative, Iphigenia reflects on her tragic predicament in a sacred grove dedicated to the goddess Diana. She expresses her longing for her family and struggles with her role as a priestess, feeling trapped by the duties that conflict with her wish to return home. As she engages with Arkas, a servant of the king Thoas, it becomes clear that the lives of two Greek strangers, Orestes (her brother) and Pylades, are under threat, and she is torn between her obligations to the king and her desire to protect them. The opening establishes a tension between personal loyalty and state duty, setting the stage for the unfolding drama filled with emotional conflict and existential dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Iphigenia (Mythological character) -- Drama PT Text Contemporary Reviews Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: German Literature 193595 2025-08-07T04:34:14.597566 text/html 196243 2020-12-14T12:05:20 text/html 137010 2025-08-07T04:34:24.545571 application/epub+zip 138106 2025-08-07T04:34:18.482522 application/epub+zip 124490 2025-08-07T04:34:16.798533 application/epub+zip 283957 2025-08-07T04:34:27.791467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 375862 2025-08-07T04:34:23.138486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350011 2022-09-08T00:01:26.302602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139850 2025-08-07T04:34:13.331567 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139654 2020-12-14T12:05:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139640 2020-12-14T12:05:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139643 2020-12-14T12:05:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23579 2025-08-07T04:34:27.950460 application/rdf+xml 11454 2025-08-07T04:34:17.338545 image/jpeg 2841 2025-08-07T04:34:17.070526 image/jpeg 49672 2020-12-14T12:05:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 49641 2020-12-14T12:05:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 55620 2020-12-14T12:05:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 49621 2020-12-14T12:05:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 132349 2025-08-07T04:34:14.611549 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia en.wikipedia