ID: 901001320 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001320	Record Type: Character/Person

	Pierides (Greek characters)

Note: Maidens, nine in number, who challenged the Muses to a contest, and for their arogance were changed into magpies.

Names:

	Pierides (Greek characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Πιερίδες (Greek characters) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Muses
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Muses (Greco-Roman deities)) [901001559]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... magpies
	.....(Corvidae (family), Passeriformes (order), Aves (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	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:

	Pierides (Greek characters)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 92D4141 musical contest of the Muses and Pierides ...
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	Πιερίδες (Greek characters)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierides_(mythology)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)