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ID: 901000668
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000668
Record Type: Character/Person

Euterpe (Greek muse)

Note: In Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of tragedy or flute playing. In some accounts she was the mother of Rhesus, the king of Thrace, killed in the Trojan War, whose father was sometimes identified as Strymon, the river god of Thrace.

Names:
Euterpe (Greek muse) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Eὐτέρπη (Greek muse) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Euterpe (Greek muse) (I)
Related Iconography:
member of .... Muses
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Muses (Greco-Roman deities)) [901001559]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... muse (deity)
.....(deities, 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)
symbolic attribute is .... flute (aerophone)
.....(aerophones, sound devices by acoustical characteristics, sound devices (equipment), Sound Devices (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... music (performing arts genre)
.....(genres for performing arts, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Euterpe (Greek muse)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92D422 Euterpe (one of the Muses)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Eὐτέρπη (Greek muse)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euterpe
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Euterpe," accessed 11 July 2017
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/715060

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