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ID: 901002020
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002020
Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

Athena Promachos (Greek theme)

Note: Theme of Athena as fighter, often with helmet and shield. Most famous image was a colossal statue by Pheidias on the Acropolis in Athens.

Names:
Athena Promachos (Greek theme) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
............Athena Promachos (Greek theme) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Athena
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Athena (Greek deity)) [901000069]

Other Relationships:
topic is .... warrior
.....(people in military occupations, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
nationality 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)
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Athena Promachos (Greek theme)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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