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ID: 901000826
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000826
Record Type: Character/Person

Althaea (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, queen of Calydon and the mother of Meleager, Melanippe, Toxeus, Thyreus, Clymenus, and two daughters, Deianeira and Gorge.

Names:
Althaea (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Althea (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Ἀλθαία (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Althaea (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
parent of .... Meleager
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Meleager (Greek character)) [901000825]

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)
flourished/active in .... Calydon
.....(Aetolia and Acarnania regional division, Region of Western Greece, Greece, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:
Althaea (Greek character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Meleager," accessed 10 Jule 2017
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Althea (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Ἀλθαία (Greek character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_(mythology)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althaea_(mythology)#/media/File:Althaea_baur.jpg
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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