ID: 901000665 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000665	Record Type: Character/Person

	Iris (Greek goddess)

Note: In Greek mythology, the personification of the rainbow and (in Homer’s Iliad, for example) a messenger of the gods. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, she was the daughter of Thaumas and the ocean nymph Electra.

Names:

	Iris (Greek goddess) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ἶρις (Greek goddess) (Greek,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Iris (Greek goddess) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, 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)

	is personification of .... rainbow
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Iris (Greek goddess)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002010273
	Ἶρις (Greek goddess)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(mythology)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Iris," accessed 15 June 2017
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002010273