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ID: 901001321
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001321
Record Type: Character/Person

Hamadryads (Greek characters)

Note: Female wood-nymphs fabled to live and die with the tree they inhabited.

Names:
Hamadryads (Greek characters) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Hamadryad (Greek characters) (English,A,N)
Ἁμαδρυάδες (Greek characters) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Hamadryads (Greek characters) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary characters
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... nymphs
.....(spirits (beings), 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)

Sources:
Hamadryads (Greek characters)
................Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92L311 (Hama)dryads
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Hamadryad (Greek characters)
................Hammond and Scullard, Oxford Classical Dictionary (1970)
Ἁμαδρυάδες (Greek characters)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadryad
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92L311 (Hama)dryads
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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