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ID: 901000235 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000235 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Furies (Roman characters) | ||
Note: In Roman mythology, the chthonic goddesses of vengeance, having Greek counterparts. They were probably originally personified curses, but possibly they were originally conceived of as ghosts of the murdered. The Furies had snakes for hair and blood dripped from their eyes. In addition they had bats' wings and dogs' heads. | |
Furies (Roman characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Fury (Roman character) (English,A,N) | |
Furie (Roman characters) (Italian-P,D,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Roman iconography> (P) | ||
........<Roman characters> (P) | ||
............Furies (Roman characters) (I) | ||
counterpart is .... Erinyes | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Erinyes (Greek characters)) [901001932] |
role/characteristic is .... legendary characters | |
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman | |
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
located in .... Rome, Ancient | |
..... ULAN Candidate |
deity of .... vengeance | |
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Furies (Roman characters) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................British Museum [online] (1999-) | |
Fury (Roman character) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 72N3 Furies Eumenides, Erinyes, Dirae | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Furie (Roman characters) | |
................ICCD database (1988-) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Furies," accessed 4 July 2017 | |
................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinyes#/media/File:Deux_furies.png | |
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