ID: 901000685 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000685	Record Type: Character/Person

	Hesione (Greek character)

Note: In Greek legend, Hesione was offered as a sacrifice to appease Apollo and Poseidon’s wrath at her father Laomedon. She was saved in the nick of time by Heracles.

Names:

	Hesione (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Hesione (Greek character) (I)

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:

	Hesione (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Leomedon," accessed 15 June 2017
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002011127
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94L5111 Hesione chained to the rock
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002011127
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ Hammond and Scullard, Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970)