Such, for instance, is the representation of the sacrifice of Iphigenia, suggested indeed, in some of its features, by an earlier poet, but executed with original power.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The pathetic story of the sacrifice of Iphigenia is told to enforce the antagonism between the exactions of religious belief and the most sacred human affections.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
In his Hecuba, also, and probably in his Iphigenia, Ennius made free use of the dramas founded on the same subjects by Euripides.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar