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Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι (Iphigenia in Aulis) influenced The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Added by Media Influence Map · 12 October 2026
The influence
Ἰφιγένεια ἐν Αὐλίδι Iphigenia in Aulis
Play · -405
The work it shaped
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Film · 2017
The evidence
Lanthimos's film reworks the sacrifice of Iphigenia, a father forced to kill one of his own children, and the play is named in the film through the daughter's school essay.
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