The Greek Army is gathered in Aulis , ready to sail for the Trojan War. However, in order to have a favourable wind for the ships, it is necessary that Iphigeneia, Agamemnon's daughter, general of the Greek Army to get sacrificed in the altar of Artemis. Against the plans of her prospect groom, Achilles, to save her and against the lamentation of her mother for the irrational sacrifice, Iphigeneia decides freely in a admirable elevation of altruism to get sacrificed for the glory and the salvation of the country. Thus, the moment when Iphigeneia is under the knife ready to be slaughtered, Artemis replaces her body with a deer sending the young lady to the country of Taurus to stay there as a priestess in her temple.