Gorgons (redirect from Gorgoneion)
Representations of full-bodied Gorgons and the Gorgon face, called a gorgoneion (pl. gorgoneia), were popular subjects in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and...
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The Winged Gorgoneion is a bronze shield decoration from the first half of the 6th century BC, which served as an apotropaion on a shield. It was found...
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figure of three legs arranged in rotational symmetry), and at its center a Gorgoneion (depiction of the head of Medusa) with a pair of wings and three wheat...
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The Gorgoneion Group was a group of Corinthian vase painters working in the black-figure technique. They were active in Middle Corinthian Period (circa...
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x Rprimary) respectively. They have been named Aegis (/ˈiːdʒɪs/) and Gorgoneion (/ˌɡɔːrɡəˈnaɪən/). Using a spherical radius of 78 km; volume of a sphere...
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head rolling its eyes", furnished with golden tassels and bearing the Gorgoneion (Medusa's head) in the central boss. Some of the Attic vase-painters retained...
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the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion. According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on Sarpedon, somewhere...
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used. Flag of the Isle of Man Flag of Sicily, with the triskeles-and-Gorgoneion symbol Flag of Sărata-Galbenă Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug Flag of Ingushetia...
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thunderbolts, to the pteruges. Another conventional decoration is the gorgoneion, or Medusa's head, on the upper chest, and often vegetative motifs on...
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during the 1300s Name for the emblem of Sicily (the triskeles with the Gorgoneion Medusa); see Triskelion § Sicily A nickname of the modern flag of Sicily...
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