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    Perseus and the Gorgon is a 1902 monumental sculpture by Camille Claudel that portrays a scene from Greek mythology. The artist sculpted her own likeness...
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    not and was slain by the hero Perseus. Gorgons were dread monsters with terrifying eyes. A Gorgon head was displayed on Athena's aegis, giving it the power...
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    The Story of Perseus and the Gorgon’s Head is a short novel published in 1898 for the series Books for the Bairns. The story was edited by W.T. Stead and...
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    In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: /ˈpɜːr.si.əs/, UK: /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He...
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    Medusa (redirect from Medusa the Gorgon)
    that "the Gorgon was made out of the terror, not the terror out of the Gorgon." According to Ovid, in northwest Africa, Perseus flew past the Titan Atlas...
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    stone. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, the two Gorgons pursued him but were unable to catch him. According to Hesiod, and Apollodorus, Stheno and Euryale,...
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    Fedorovich Shchedrin [de; ru]. Perseus and the Gorgon, Camille Claudel, 1905 Roman Fresco of Villa San Marco in Stabiae. Perseus with Medusa's head, as depicted...
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    Perseus and the Gorgon is a sculptural group by French artist Laurent Marqueste composed of five statues made between 1875 and 1903. The first plaster...
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  • Titan Atlas along the way. Perseus used his weapons in order to slay Medusa and avoids the other two Gorgons. Briefly interrupted by the Storyteller's Dog...
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    her. In the climax, the Gorgons and the Lumberjanes team up to round up the basilisks and defeat the goddess using them. The myth of Perseus and Medusa...
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