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ID: 901000610 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000610 | Record Type: Legendary Place |
Acheron (Greek legendary river) | ||
Note: Greek mythological river in Hades; based on the real river, which was thought in ancient times to go to Hades because it flowed through dark gorges and went underground in several places; an oracle of the dead was located on its bank. | |
Acheron (Greek legendary river) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Akheron (Greek legendary river) (English,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek legendary places> (P) | ||
............Acheron (Greek legendary river) (I) | ||
has as location .... Hades | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek legendary places, Hades (Greco-Roman legendary place)) [901000849] |
role/characteristic is .... river | |
.....(riverine bodies of water, bodies of freshwater by biome, bodies of freshwater, bodies of water (natural), natural landscapes, landscapes (environments), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), Built Environment (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) |
identified as .... Achéron, Potamós | |
.....(Préveza regional division, Epirus, Greece, Europe) (TGN) |
Acheron (Greek legendary river) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92E22 Acheron (river of Hades) | |
Akheron (Greek legendary river) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Acheron," accessed 4 July 2017 | |
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