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ID: 901000681
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000681
Record Type: Character/Person

Tekmessa (Greek character)

Note: Phrygian princess, given to Ajax as a prize (Homer, Iliad), mother of Eurysaces.

Names:
Tekmessa (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Tecmessa (Greek character) (Latin,U,N)
Tecmessa (Greek character) (English,U,N)
Tékmēssa (Greek character) (Greek (transliterated),U,N)
Τέκμησσα (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Tekmessa (Greek character) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Ajax
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Ajax (Greek character)) [901000663]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... princess (female ruler)
.....(rulers (people), people in administration and government, 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)
culture/religion is .... Phrygian
.....(Anatolian (culture or style), Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
ruler of .... Phrygia
.....(Turkey, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Tekmessa (Greek character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Tecmessa (Greek character)
................Brill's New Pauly Online [online] (2000-)
Tékmēssa (Greek character)
................Brill's New Pauly Online [online] (2000-)
Τέκμησσα (Greek character)
................Brill's New Pauly Online [online] (2000-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/12078/attributed-to-brygos-painter-attic-red-figured-kylix-greek-attic-about-490-bc/
................ Brill's New Pauly Online [online] (2000-) Harder, Ruth Elisabeth, "Tecmessa," accessed 11 July 2017

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