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ID: 901002184 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002184 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Circe (Greek deity, sorceress) | ||
Note: In Greek legend, goddess or sorceress, the daughter of Helios and the ocean nymph Perse. Using drugs and incantations, she could change people into swine and other animals. In Homer's Odyssey X and XII, Odysseus visited the island Aeaea with his companions; she changed all into swine, except Odysseus, who was protected by a gift of Hermes, the herb moly. Odysseus stayed with her for a year, then continued his odyssey. Greco-Roman tradition placed her either on an island near Italy or on Mount Circeo. | |
Circe (Greek deity, sorceress) (preferred,English-P,D) | |
Κίρκη (Greek deity, sorceress) (Greek-P,D) | |
Kirkē (Greek deity, sorceress) (Greek (transliterated)) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek characters> (G) | ||
............Circe (Greek deity, sorceress) (I) | ||
child of .... Helio | |
..........(x holding: in process contributions, Helio (deity)) [901001846] |
has as location .... Aeaea | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek legendary places, Aeaea (Greco-Roman legendary island)) [901002185] |
role/characteristic is .... deity | |
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
role/characteristic is .... sorceress | |
.....(people in the occult sciences, people by occupation, 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) |
located in .... Circeo, Monte | |
.....(Latina province, Lazio, Italy, Europe) (TGN) |
Circe (Greek deity, sorceress) | |
................Schwab, Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece (2011) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(CIRCE) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2014036335 | |
................Contributed as a candidate term H.Bertoldi, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, 29 July 2019 | |
Κίρκη (Greek deity, sorceress) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
Kirkē (Greek deity, sorceress) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(CIRCE) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 31 July 2019 | |
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/391576 | |
................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Circe_Offering_the_Cup_to_Odysseus.jpg/800px-Circe_Offering_the_Cup_to_Odysseus.jpg | |
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) https://lccn.loc.gov/n2014036335 | |
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