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Iphigenie auf Tauris
Goethe wrote the first version of his humanistic drama as a secret legion councilor on a trip to recruit recruits for the Weimar army. Even today, his call for dialogue and justice is far removed from everyday political reality. But Goethe suggests how the world-determining pendulum movement between murder and retaliation could be ended and counters the cycle of violence with the possibility of a processual change in the world.
Iphigenia, who was supposed to be sacrificed by her father for reasons of war tactics, was rescued by moon goddess Diana and brought to the island of Tauris, where she has served as a priestess ever since; the only woman in a circle of men driven by hate and violence. Orestes, her brother, after murdering their mother, fled from the avenging Erinyes to Tauris, where he and his friend Pylades were captured by the local King Thoas. After Iphigenia rejects his marriage proposal, the rejected ruler orders the refugees to be killed. But Iphigenia manages to put good things into practice. Having reached maturity on her own, she convinces the ruler to let her and her companions go.
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Iphigenia, who was supposed to be sacrificed by her father for reasons of war tactics, was rescued by moon goddess Diana and brought to the island of Tauris, where she has served as a priestess ever since; the only woman in a circle of men driven by hate and violence. Orestes, her brother, after murdering their mother, fled from the avenging Erinyes to Tauris, where he and his friend Pylades were captured by the local King Thoas. After Iphigenia rejects his marriage proposal, the rejected ruler orders the refugees to be killed. But Iphigenia manages to put good things into practice. Having reached maturity on her own, she convinces the ruler to let her and her companions go.
Subject to change.