The Christian Conversion of Iphigenia
Journal: Oxford University Press eBooks
Year: 2012

The Greek text of IT went underground in the Byzantine Empire, to be rediscovered in Thessaloniki in the early 14th century. The major feature of the versions and other manifestations of the play in the period between the first printing of the play in 1503 and the mid-18th century is the different strategies adopted to make the play speak to a Christian sensibility. This process was facilitated by the identification of the ancient Taurians with the Muslim Khans who ruled the Crimea as vassals of