ID: 901000478 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000478	Record Type: Character/Person

	Echo (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, a mountain nymph, or oread. Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book III, relates that Echo offended the goddess Hera by keeping her in conversation, thus preventing her from spying on one of Zeus’ amors.

Names:

	Echo (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ἠχώ (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... nymph
	.....(spirits (beings), 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)

Sources:

	Echo (Greek character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 89006070
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92L32(Echo)
	Ἠχώ (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_(mythology)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 89006070
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Echo," accessed 15 June 2017
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92L32(Echo)