the ancient temple of artemis is of doric style and flourished in the 5th-4th century b.c. according to a myth, this is the temple where iphigeneia was brought by her brother orestes, when they met in the land of tauris, where she served as a priestess in a local temple of artemis. iphigeneia had been transferred to tauris by goddess artemis herself, when she saved her from the sacrifice in aulis. returning to greece, iphigeneia brought with her a wooden statue of artemis from tauris.