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ID: 901001343
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001343
Record Type: Character/Person

Alecto (Greco-Roman character)

Note: Fury named by Virgil, but probably from an Alexandrian source.

Names:
Alecto (Greco-Roman character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Alekto (Greco-Roman character) (English)
Ἀληκτώ (Greco-Roman character) (Ancient Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Roman iconography> (P)
........<Roman characters> (P)
............Alecto (Greco-Roman character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Greco-Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Alecto (Greco-Roman character)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92N31 Alecto (one of the Furies)
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
Alekto (Greco-Roman character)
................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)
Ἀληκτώ (Greco-Roman character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alecto
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Alecto," accessed 4 July 2017

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