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ID: 901002372
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002372
Record Type: Character/Person

Nemesis (Greek deity)

Note: Greek goddess of vengeance, who enacted retribution against those who were arrogant before the gods.

Names:
Nemesis (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Ραμνουσία (Greek deity) (Ancient Greek-P,D)
Νεμεσις (Greek deity) (Greek)
Rhamnousia (Greek deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Nemesis (Greek deity) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
affiliated/associated with .... vengeance
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Nemesis (Greek deity)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92G2 Nemesis (Adrastea)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2020142994
................BWR database (2010-)
Ραμνουσία (Greek deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Νεμεσις (Greek deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Rhamnousia (Greek deity)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Brewer, Guide to the Mythology of Ancient Greece (1858)

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