Iphigenia at Tauris.

     After saving Iphigenia from the sacrificial altar at Aulis, Artemis made her a priestess in her temple at Tauris (the Crimea). Tauris was occupied by a race of savages who insisted on the sacrifice of all strangers entering their land. It was Iphigenia’s task to consecrate the victims.
     Upon his return from the Trojan War, Iphigenia’s father, Agamemnon, was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, who was in turn slain by their son, Orestes. Pursued by the Furies for the matricide, Orestes was ordered, as an act of absolution, to steal Artemis’s statue from the Taurians' temple and bring it to Attica. Having been separated since childhood, Iphigenia and Orestes each thought the other was dead. However, when Orestes and his friend Pylades were captured by the Taurians and brought to the temple for sacrifice, Iphigenia recognized her brother. Together, the three deceived King Thoas and escaped, taking with them the statue of the goddess, which was later placed in a temple in Attica.