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Artemis would not let the Greek fleet leave to sail to Troy until he did so.

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What sacrifice does Agamemnon made to appease Artemis in the Trojan war and the fall of troy?

He sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.


What agamemnon take to appease Apollo?

his hard boner.


Who was Iphigenia?

Briefly: She was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Agamemnon sacrificed her to ensure safe passage for him and his crew to Troy. In some myths, this resulted in Clytemnestra's revenge by killing her husband.


What part did Artemis play in the Trojan war?

Artemis had a very small part in the Trojan War. Unlike the other gods, she had no loyalties to either side before the war. However, since her brother Apollo supported the Trojans, she took Troy's side. This won her the wrath of Hera, who already hated the huntress because Zeus favored Artemis more than any of Hera's children. In the Iliad book 21, Hera boxed Artemis' ears with the girl's own hunting bow. Artemis then fled, with many tears running down her face, to her father Zeus. She left her bow and arrows behind her, leaving her mother Leto to gather them up. Artemis also delayed the warrior Agamemnon and his forces from getting to Troy. Right before Agamemnon was supposed to sail to Troy, he shot one of Artemis' sacred stags in a grove and boasted that he was a better hunter than the goddess Artemis herself. In revenge, Artemis commanded the winds to keep blowing Agamemnon's ships back to shore. Agamemnon then asked an oracle or a seer what to do to appease the god that was preventing his arrival to Troy. The oracle or seer told him that the only way to appease Artemis, the goddess he had angered, was to sacrifice his oldest daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess. Agamemnon tricked his wife Clytemnestra into sending Iphigenia to him by saying that Iphigenia was going to be married to Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior. When Iphigenia arrived, Agamemnon placed her on the sacrificial alter. Some accounts say that Iphigenia was sacrificed to Artemis, but others say that Artemis replaced her with a white deer at the last moment and took her to an island where the goddess made Iphigenia her priestess. Some stories even say that Iphigenia was transformed into Hecate, the goddess of magic and the dark side of the moon.


Why did Agamemnon sacrifice Iphigenia?

To get revenge. He sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia at Aulis to appease Artemis so that the Greek fleet could sail to Troy. Also, he brought home Cassandra as a concubine. (Aeschylus's Agamemnon ln 1438-1443, 1524-1526) Earlier he did killer her previous husband and child in order to marry her, but the more predominant theme seems to be Iphigenia's sacrifice.

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What sacrifice does Agamemnon made to appease Artemis in the Trojan war and the fall of troy?

He sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia.


When Calchas tells the Greeks that Artemis is angry because of a slain hare what does Agamemnon do to appease her?

Sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia.


What agamemnon take to appease Apollo?

his hard boner.


Who was Iphigenia?

Briefly: She was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Agamemnon sacrificed her to ensure safe passage for him and his crew to Troy. In some myths, this resulted in Clytemnestra's revenge by killing her husband.


What port town was Artemis angered at?

Aulis an ancient Greek town in Boeotia and traditionally the port from which the Greek army set sail for the Trojan War. King Agamemnon of Mycenae sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to appease her.


What part did Artemis play in the Trojan war?

Artemis had a very small part in the Trojan War. Unlike the other gods, she had no loyalties to either side before the war. However, since her brother Apollo supported the Trojans, she took Troy's side. This won her the wrath of Hera, who already hated the huntress because Zeus favored Artemis more than any of Hera's children. In the Iliad book 21, Hera boxed Artemis' ears with the girl's own hunting bow. Artemis then fled, with many tears running down her face, to her father Zeus. She left her bow and arrows behind her, leaving her mother Leto to gather them up. Artemis also delayed the warrior Agamemnon and his forces from getting to Troy. Right before Agamemnon was supposed to sail to Troy, he shot one of Artemis' sacred stags in a grove and boasted that he was a better hunter than the goddess Artemis herself. In revenge, Artemis commanded the winds to keep blowing Agamemnon's ships back to shore. Agamemnon then asked an oracle or a seer what to do to appease the god that was preventing his arrival to Troy. The oracle or seer told him that the only way to appease Artemis, the goddess he had angered, was to sacrifice his oldest daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess. Agamemnon tricked his wife Clytemnestra into sending Iphigenia to him by saying that Iphigenia was going to be married to Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior. When Iphigenia arrived, Agamemnon placed her on the sacrificial alter. Some accounts say that Iphigenia was sacrificed to Artemis, but others say that Artemis replaced her with a white deer at the last moment and took her to an island where the goddess made Iphigenia her priestess. Some stories even say that Iphigenia was transformed into Hecate, the goddess of magic and the dark side of the moon.


Why was Artemis angry at the Greek army?

The goddess Artemis was punishing Agamemnon for killing either a sacred deer or a deer in a sacred grove.


What did Artemis demand of them to calm the winds and ensure a safe voyage to Troy?

I believe you are talking about Agamemnon, a warrior in the Trojan war. One day he shot a deer in a sacred field and boasted that he was a better hunter than Artemis, the goddess of the Hunt. She was furious and commanded the winds to continue to blow Agamemnon's ships back to the shore so he could not get to Troy. An oracle told him to appease Artemis and sail to Troy, he had to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia. He tricked his wife, Clytemnestra, into bringing Iphigenia over by saying she was to be married to Achilles. When she came over, her father put her on the altar. Some accounts say she was killed. However, other accounts say before she could be killed, Artemis replaced her with a deer. There are then two accounts of what happened to Iphigenia then. The most popular is that she became a priestess to Artemis. The other is she was transformed into the goddess Hecate. Either way, Agamemnon got to Troy.


Why did Agamemnon sacrifice Iphigenia?

To get revenge. He sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia at Aulis to appease Artemis so that the Greek fleet could sail to Troy. Also, he brought home Cassandra as a concubine. (Aeschylus's Agamemnon ln 1438-1443, 1524-1526) Earlier he did killer her previous husband and child in order to marry her, but the more predominant theme seems to be Iphigenia's sacrifice.


Why did Artemis want to kill Agamemnon?

Agamemnon gathered the reluctant Greek forces to sail for Troy. Preparing to depart from Aulis, which was a port in Boeotia, Agamemnon's army incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis. There are several reasons throughout myth for such wrath: in Aeschylus' play Agamemnon, Artemis is angry for the young men who will die at Troy, whereas in Sophocles' Electra, Agamemnon has slain an animal sacred to Artemis, and subsequently boasted that he was Artemis's equal in hunting. Misfortunes, including a plague and a lack of wind, prevented the army from sailing. Finally, the prophet Calchas announced that the wrath of the goddess could only be propitiated by the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia. Classical dramatizations differ on how willing either father or daughter were to this fate, some include such trickery as claiming she was to be married to Achilles, but Agamemnon did eventually sacrifice Iphigenia. Her death appeased Artemis, and the Greek army set out for Troy. Several alternatives to the human sacrifice have been presented in Greek mythology. Other sources, such as Iphigenia at Aulis, claim that Agamemnon was prepared to kill his daughter, but that Artemis accepted a deer in her place, and whisked her away to Taurus in Crimea. Hesiod said she became the goddess Hecate.


Why was Artemis mad with the Greeks?

Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks against Troy, sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to Artemis to gain a fair wind - thus earning her wrath.


What did agamemnon do to his daughter?

He killed his daughter Iphigenia as a sacrifice to the goddess Artemis whom he had angered by an act of arrogance.