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ID: 901001703
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001703
Record Type: Character/Person

Telephus (Greek characer)

Note: Son of Heracles and Auge; nearly married his mother due to hidden identities and misunderstandings.

Names:
Telephus (Greek characer) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Telephos (Greek characer) (English)
Τήλεφος (Greek characer) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Telephus (Greek characer) (I)
Related Iconography:
child of .... Heracles
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Heracles (Greco-Roman character)) [901000042]

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:
Telephus (Greek characer)
................Grummond, Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology (2015)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 00008205
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95A(Telephus)
Telephos (Greek characer)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Τήλεφος (Greek characer)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephus
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Quintus Ennius," accessed 11 July 2017
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/340957
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephus#/media/File:Herakles_and_Telephos_Louvre_MR219.jpg

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