![Irene Papas](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/ql3alLBiMWv6AkV0izHbXfpgcau.jpg)
The Greek army is about to set sail to a great battle, but the winds refuse to blow. Their leader, King Agamemnon, seeks to provide better food, but accidentally slays a sacred deer. His punishment from the gods, the sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.