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Gorgons

The Gorgons (/ˈɡɔːrɡənz/ GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργόνες), 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. Euryale and Stheno were immortal, but Medusa was not and was slain by…

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related to References · 395
Gorgons → Aeschylus, Aigis, Alan, Alexandra Villing, American Journal, American Numismatic Society, American Philological Association, An, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek Myth, Ancient Religion, Antiquity, APHRODISIAS-ATHENA, Apollodorus, Archaeology, Archaic Greek World, Arion, Aristophanes, Art
related to Literary descriptions · 29
Gorgons → Achaeans, Agamemnon's, Already, And, Aristophones, As Hector, Athena's, Athenian, BC, Euryale, Fear, Gorgon, Gorgon's, Hesiod, Homer, Iliad, In, Odysseus, Odyssey, Perseus
related to Gorgoneia · 26
Gorgons → Apollo, As, Athena, Athena's, Battle, BC, Chorus, Delphi, Enceladus, Fig, Giant Enceladus, Gorgon, Greek, Hellenistic, In Euripides's Ion, Medusa Rondanini, Of, Olympia, Pausanias, Roman
related to Dwelling place · 22
Gorgons → According, Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, And, BC, Cisthene, Gorgon, Gorgonean, Graeae, Hesiod, Hesperides, However, Hyperboreans, Lake Tritonis, North Africa, Oceanus, Perseus, Phorkides, Pindar, Sarpedon, The Cypria
related to Full-bodied Gorgons · 21
Gorgons → Although, Archaic Gorgons, Artemis, BC, Boeotian, Corfu, Eleusis Amphora, Fig, Full-bodied Gorgons, Gorgon, Gorgon's, Heracles, Hesiodic Shield, Knielauf, Medusa, Of, Perseus, Perseus-Medusa, That, The
related to Family · 20
Gorgons → According, Apollodorus, Ceto, Chrysaor, Echidna, Euripides, Gaia, Giants, Gorgon, Graeae, Hesiod, However, Hyginus, Ion, Medusa, Olympian, Pegasus, Phorcys, Poseidon, Typhon
related to Perseus · 19
Gorgons → According, Apollodorus, Athena, Chrysaor, Euryale, Gorgon, Graeae, Hades, He, Hermes, Medusa, Medusa's, Oceanus, Pegasus, Perseus, Polydectes, So, Stheno, When Perseus
related to Iconography · 16
Gorgons → Agamemnon's, Archaic Gorgons, Aside, Athena's, BC, Etruscan, Figs, Gorgon, Greek, Iliad, In, Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, LIMC, Roman, Some, The
related to In popular culture · 16
Gorgons → Auguste Rodin, Benvenuto Cellini, Caravaggio, Euryale, Gorgon, Greece, Greek, Her, Leonardo, Medusa, Pablo Picasso, Peter Paul Rubens, She, Stheno, The Gorgons, Vinci
related to The gorgoneion · 16
Gorgons → Agamemnon's, BC, Gorgon, Homer, If, Iliad, Jane Ellen Harrison, Orthia, Rout, Sanctuary, Sparta, Supporting, Terror, That, The, Tiryns

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temple pedimentsinstance ofgorgoneia are often found on architectural elements0.80text
and ornamental antefixesinstance ofgorgoneia are often found on architectural elements0.80text
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coinsinstance ofgorgoneia are often found on architectural elements0.80text
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Gorgonsrelated to Dwelling placeHesiod0.60section
Gorgonsrelated to Dwelling placeOceanus0.60section

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