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ID: 901000642
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000642
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Achilles on Scyros (Greek narrative)

Note: Story in which the father of Achilles, Peleus, having received an oracle that his son would die fighting at Troy, sent Achilles to the court of Lycomedes on Scyros, where he was dressed as a girl and kept among the king’s daughters. Hearing from the soothsayer Calchas that Troy could not be taken without Achilles, the Greeks searched for and found him.

Names:
Achilles on Scyros (Greek narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Achilles on Skyros (Greek narrative) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek narratives> (P)
............Story of Achilles (Greek narratives) (I)
................Achilles on Scyros (Greek narrative) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Achilles
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Achilles (Greek character)) [901000072]

Other Relationships:
formerly related to .... 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)
located in .... Skýros
.....(Évvoia regional division, Region of Central Greece, Greece, Europe) (TGN)
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Achilles on Scyros (Greek narrative)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94C22 Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes, i.e., Achilles on Scyros ...
Achilles on Skyros (Greek narrative)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 94C22 Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes, i.e., Achilles on Scyros ...
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Achilles," accesed 5 July 2017

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