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ID: 901000569
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000569
Record Type: Character/Person

Orithyia (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and his wife, Praxithea; abducted by Boreas.

Names:
Orithyia (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Oreithyia (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Orithyia (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Ὠρείθυια (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Orithyia (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas (Greek narrative)) [901000620]
lover of .... Boreas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Anemoi (Greek deities), Boreas (Greek deity)) [901001826]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Orithyia (Greek character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 92E5121 Boreas abducting Orithyia
Oreithyia (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/15352/attributed-to-polygnotos-fragmentary-attic-red-figure-nestoris-greek-attic-450-440-bc/
Orithyia (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/1198/after-a-model-by-gaspard-marsy-boreas-abducting-orithyia-french-cast-1693-1710/
Ὠρείθυια (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orithyia
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Boreas," accessed 6 July 2017
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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