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ID: 901000698
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000698
Record Type: Character/Person

Triptolemos (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, the son of Gaia and Oceanus, making him the primordial man.

Names:
Triptolemos (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Triptolemus (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Τριπτόλεμος (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Triptolemos (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Oceanus
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Oceanus (Greek deity)) [901001801]
child of .... Gaea
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Gaea (Greek deity)) [901000477]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... character (person 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:
Triptolemos (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Triptolemus (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 93009139
Τριπτόλεμος (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptolemus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Demeter," accessed 11 July 2017
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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