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ID: 901002376
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002376
Record Type: Character/Person

Tantalus (Greek character)

Note: Greek mythological character, a son of Zeus and father of Pelops, Niobe, and Broteas.

Names:
Tantalus (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D)
Tántalos (Greek character) (English,U)
Tantalos (Greek character) (English)
Τάνταλος (Greek character) (Ancient Greek-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Tantalus (Greek character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Tantalus (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 93006990
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(TANTALUS) (story of) Tantalus
................BWR database (2010-)
Tántalos (Greek character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Tantalos (Greek character)
................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Τάνταλος (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)
................ Brewer, Guide to the Mythology of Ancient Greece (1858)

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