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ID: 901000951
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000951
Record Type: Character/Person

Ester, Queen of Persia (Old Testament character)

Note: Heroine of Biblical Book of Esther. Esther, the beautiful Jewish wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), and her cousin Mordecai persuade the king to retract an order for the general annihilation of Jews throughout the empire.

Names:
Ester, Queen of Persia (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Esther (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Hadassah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
אסתר (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Ester, Queen of Persia (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Ahasuerus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Ahasuerus (Old Testament character, husband of Esther)) [901001013]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... queen (person)
.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
ruler of .... Persia
.....(Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Ester, Queen of Persia (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79109094
Esther (Old Testament character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71Q story of Esther
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Hadassah (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
אסתר (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79109094
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Book of Esther," accessed 30 June 2017

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