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ID: 901001043
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001043
Record Type: Character/Person

Phrixus (Greek character)

Note: Phrixus, son of Athamas and Nephele; a golden fleeced ram took him to Colchis.

Names:
Phrixus (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Phrixos (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Φρίξος (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Phrixus (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:
Phrixus (Greek character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2003003517
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Phrixus)
Phrixos (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Φρίξος (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrixus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Argonaut," accessed 8 July 2017
................ Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/6515/unknown-maker-statuette-of-phrixos-roman-1st-century-bc/

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