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ID: 901001810
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001810
Record Type: Character/Person

Notus (Greek deity)

Note: One of the 4 winds, personifying the south wind. Associated the hot wind of midsummer and the storms of late summer and autumn. Destroyer of crops.

Names:
Notus (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Νότος (Greek deity) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Anemoi (Greek deities) (I)
................Notus (Greek deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
counterpart is .... Auster
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Auster (Roman deity)) [901001822]

Other Relationships:
is personification of .... south wind
.....(wind (weather phenomena), weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... wind (weather phenomena)
.....(weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... supernatural being
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
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)

Sources:
Notus (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92E52 Notus (Auster)
Νότος (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemoi#Notus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92E52 Notus (Auster)

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