Gorgoneion on the Tondo of an Ancient Greek Attic black-figure cup, end of sixth century BC - Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France
In Ancient Greece, the Gorgoneion (Greek: Γοργόνειον) was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, used by the Olympian deities Athena and Zeus: both are said to have worn the gorgoneion as a protective pendant,[1] and often are depicted wearing it. It established their descent from earlier deities considered to remain powerful. Among other attributes, it was assumed by rulers of the Hellenistic age as a royal aegis to imply divine birth or protection, as shown, for instance, on the Alexander Mosaic and the Gonzaga Cameo.
In Ancient Greece, the Gorgoneion (Greek: Γοργόνειον) was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, used by the Olympian deities Athena and...
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...
x Rprimary) respectively. They have been named Aegis (/ˈiːdʒɪs/) and Gorgoneion (/ˌɡɔːrɡəˈnaɪən/). Using a spherical radius of 78 km; volume of a sphere...
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...
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...
Winged gorgoneion; bronze shield device from Olympia, Archaeological Museum B 110 (first half of the sixth century BC) Fig. 12. Gorgoneion; Disk-fibula...
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...
The Gorgoneion Group was a group of Corinthian vase painters working in the black-figure technique. They were active in Middle Corinthian Period (circa...
thunderbolts, to the pteruges. Another conventional decoration is the gorgoneion, or Medusa's head, on the upper chest, and often vegetative motifs on...
used. Flag of the Isle of Man Flag of Sicily, with the triskeles-and-Gorgoneion symbol Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug Flag of Ingushetia Emblem of the...
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...
intimidating in appearance to frighten malicious forces. Similar to the Gorgoneion heads of ancient Greece, the decorative wide-eyed, often red, yellow,...
to her. Her major symbols include owls, olive trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear...
gift to Athena, who set it on her aegis (which Zeus gave her) as the Gorgoneion. The fulfillment of the oracle was told several ways, each incorporating...
snakes; over this she wears the aegis, decorated with snakes and with the gorgoneion in the center. She wears an Attic helmet with the cheek guards upturned;...
than the always grotesque apotropaic head of Medusa that appeared as the Gorgoneion on the aegis of Athena. The Medusa Rondanini is located in the Glyptothek...
view. The writer of the Testament appears to have been thinking of the gorgoneion, or the icon of the Medusa's head, which often adorned Greek temples and...
despicable enemy of the ancient Hebrews. The ancient Greeks used the Gorgoneion, a depiction of a hideous face with serpents for hair, as an apotropaic...
Winnowing Oar Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Wind...
("Syrakosion") Laureate head of the youthful Ares to left; behind, Palladion. Reverse: Triskeles of three human legs with winged feet; at the center, Gorgoneion...
described as wearing an attic helmet, a peplos, an aegis with a small gorgoneion, and a himation. Another god that has been described as wearing a himation...
Winnowing Oar Wheel of fire Symbols Bowl of Hygieia Caduceus Cornucopia Gorgoneion Kantharos Labrys Orphic egg Ouroboros Owl of Athena Rod of Asclepius Wind...
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