Iphigenia in Taurus | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Athena - This character represents wisdom and the disciplined aspects of war, and also announces that it will henceforth take a majority of votes to condemn a man for a crime.

Chorus - This character comments upon and generalizes the events of the play.

Herdsman - This character is one of the characters who surrounds the two strangers.

Iphigenia - This character is daring, cool, passionate, and loves only her siblings.

Messenger - This character threatens the chorus of captive Greek temple attendants that they will pay.

Orestes - This character is assigned...
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