In the Port City of Aulis, Greece 1190 BCE, the Greek fleet of a thousand ships, assembled for the attack on Troy, lies becalmed. In the forest groves consecrated to the Goddess Artemis which clothe the hills above the port, a sacred stag and a young priestess lie dead. Superstitious soldiers believe that the outraged Goddess will not release the winds until the man who killed them is unmasked and sacrifices a child of his own in revenge. The soldiers...