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Born on the island of Delos, under a palm tree along with her twin brother Apollo, legend has it that Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon, came here as a priestess of Artemis, bringing with her a wooden statue of the goddess which was enshrined here for many years. While other stories claim that her father physically sacrificed her to Artemis in order that his ships could sail to Troy, local legend insists that she was "sacrificed" to a life in the temple and lived here until she died, A broken, roofless cave is said to be the remains of her tomb, and a small temple dedicated to her worship also stood here. There is a museum here in Vravrona, which I liked for it's more complete and reconstructed pieces.
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Eastern Europe
