ID: 901000680 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000680	Record Type: Character/Person

	Terpsichore (Greek muse)

Note: In Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of lyric poetry and dancing (in some versions, flute playing). She is perhaps the most widely known of the Muses, her name having entered general English as the adjective terpsichorean (“pertaining to dancing”). In some accounts she was the mother of the half-bird, half-woman Sirens, whose father was the sea god Achelous or the river god Phorcys.

Names:

	Terpsichore (Greek muse) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Τερψιχόρη (Greek muse) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Terpsichore (Greek muse) (I)

Related Iconography:

	member of .... Muses
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Muses (Greco-Roman deities)) [901001559]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... muse (deity)
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, 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)

	deity of .... dancing (activity)
	.....(public and interactive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	deity of .... lyric poetry
	.....(poetry, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Terpsichore (Greek muse)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92D425 Terpsichore (one of the Muses)
	Τερψιχόρη (Greek muse)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpsichore

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Terpsichore," accessed 11 July 2017
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337185