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ID: 901000445 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000445 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Polyxena | ||
Note: According to Greek legend, Achilles fell in love with the Trojan princess Polyxena, youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba. He was offered her hand in marriage if he agreed to end the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. At Polyxena's request, Achilles came to make a sacrifice to Apollo, but he was ambushed by Paris, Polyxena's brother, as he knelt at the altar. Paris shot a fatal arrow into Achilles' heel, his one vulnerable spot. Before he died, Achilles vengefully proclaimed that the treacherous Polyxena be sacrificed at his tomb. | |
Polyxena (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Πολυξένη (Greek,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek characters> (G) | ||
............Polyxena (I) | ||
associated with .... Achilles | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Achilles (Greek character)) [901000072] |
role/characteristic is .... legendary character | |
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Trojan | |
.....(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) |
Polyxena | |
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(Polyxena) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002011031 | |
Πολυξένη | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyxena | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Polyxena," accessed 10 July 2017 | |
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/621/giovanni-battista-pittoni-the-sacrifice-of-polyxena-italian-about-1733-1734/ | |
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