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ID: 901001840
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001840
Record Type: Guide Term

<Creusa (Greek character, wife of Aeneas)>

Note: Wife of Aeneas and mother of Ascanius; she died in trying to escape from Troy and her ghost warned Aeneas of his future adventures.

Names:
Creusa (Greek character, wife of Aeneas) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Creusa, wife of Aeneas (Greek character) (English)
Κρέουσα (Greek character, wife of Aeneas) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............<Creusa (Greek character, wife of Aeneas)> (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Aeneas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aeneas (Greco-Roman character)) [901000142]
parent of .... Askanios
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Askanios (Greco-Roman character)) [901000667]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people 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:
Creusa (Greek character, wife of Aeneas)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) mentioned in 96B113 Pius Aeneas ...
Creusa, wife of Aeneas (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 95007493
Κρέουσα (Greek character, wife of Aeneas)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creusa_(wife_of_Aeneas)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Hammond and Scullard, Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970)

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