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Gorgoneion, Athenian red-figure hydria C5th B.C., British Museum. THE GORGONES (Gorgons) were three powerful, winged daimones named Medousa (Medusa), Sthenno and Euryale. Of the three sisters only Medousa was mortal. King Polydektes of Seriphos once commanded the hero Perseus to fetch her head.
Gorgon, carved marble mask of the early 6th century bce; in the Acropolis Museum, Athens. In early classical art the Gorgons were portrayed as winged female creatures; their hair consisted of snakes, and they were round-faced, flat-nosed, with tongues lolling out and with large projecting teeth. Medusa—who in later art is depicted as ...
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Mar 8, 2023 · The Gorgons were three monstrous sisters who lived at the edge of the world; they are perhaps best remembered for their snake hair and fearsome appearance. Two of the Gorgons were immortal, but the third—Medusa—was mortal and eventually slain by the hero Perseus.
Parentage and Lineage. Traditionally, the Gorgons were said to be the daughters of Echidna and Typhon, two of the most fearsome and monstrous figures in Greek mythology, often referred to as the mother and father of all monsters. However, Medusa, uniquely among her sisters, was sometimes described as the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, two other ...
Gorgons. The Gorgons ( / ˈɡɔːrɡənz / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες ), in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters the Graeae, and were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.
The Gorgons were the servants of Aïdes, who made use of them to terrify and overawe those shades, doomed to be kept in a constant state of unrest as a punishment for their misdeeds, whilst the Furies, on their part, scourged them with their whips and tortured them incessantly. The most celebrated of the three sisters was Medusa, who alone was ...
The Gorgo Aix, or Gorgon Aix, was a monstrous goat, who was neither male nor female, who appears as a figure in fragmentary tales of the Titanomachy. This Gorgon was commonly named a child of the sun god Helios, who sided with the Titans against Zeus during the ten year Titanomachy. The Gorgo Aix though was killed early in the war by Zeus, who ...
