ID: 901001564 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001564	Record Type: Character/Person

	Urania (Greek muse)

Note: In Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of astronomy. In some accounts she was the mother of Linus the musician (in other versions, his mother is the Muse Calliope); the father was either Hermes or Amphimarus, son of Poseidon. Urania was also occasionally used as a byname for Aphrodite. Her attributes were the globe and compass.

Names:

	Urania (Greek muse) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ourania (Greek muse) (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
	Οὐρανία (Greek muse) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Urania (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 .... globe (cartographic sphere)
	.....(information artifacts by physical form, information artifacts, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... compass (direction indicator)
	.....(horizontal angle measuring devices, angle measuring devices, distance measuring devices, measuring devices for extent, measuring devices (instruments), Measuring Devices (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Urania (Greek muse)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92D428 Urania (one of the Muses)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Ourania (Greek muse)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania
	Οὐρανία (Greek muse)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urania

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/343414
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Thalia," accessed 12 July 2017