The Gorgons (/ˈɡɔːrɡənz/GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες), in Greek mythology, are three female monsters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, sisters who were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. Euryale and Stheno were immortal, but Medusa was not and was slain by the hero Perseus.[2]
^Krauskopf and Dahlinger, pp. 311–312, no. 331; Digital LIMC 9805; LIMC IV-2, p. 187; Hard 2004, p. 59, fig. 2.5.
the Olympian gods. Where the Gorgons were supposed to live varies in the ancient sources. According to Hesiod, the Gorgons lived far to the west beyond...
three Gorgons, along with Medusa, sisters who were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, the two Gorgons pursued...
The Gorgon is a 1964 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films. It stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco and Barbara...
protectress'), also called Gorgo (Ancient Greek: Γοργώ) or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons. Medusa is generally described as a woman with living snakes...
vengeful deity has plotted to frame the Gorgons to get back at them for imprisoning her. In the climax, the Gorgons and the Lumberjanes team up to round...
Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye "Foamo" Gibbon and Matt "RackNRuin" Robson-Scott...
Camille Claudel, the work depicts Perseus after beheading one of the three Gorgons, Medusa. Perseus is portrayed looking toward his bronze shield as a mirror...
after the Gorgons, three winged creatures of Greek mythology only one of which (Medusa) could be killed by having its head cut off. "Gorgons Head". Geographic...
"The Unicorn and the Wasp". The Gorgons were first mentioned in the Torchwood episode "Random Shoes". The fictional Gorgon Medusa appeared in the 1968 Doctor...
Gorgon euryale seed cake (Chinese: 芡實糕; pinyin: qiànshí gāo) is a kind of Chinese dessert made from the gorgon fruit (Euryale ferox) seeds. It originated...
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were engaged as mercenaries to battle an army of Gorgons. They were victorious, and took many Gorgons as prisoners, who gradually interbred with humans...
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The Gorgon gas project is a multi-decade natural gas project in Western Australia, involving the development of the Greater Gorgon gas fields, subsea gas-gathering...
Alexander Gorgon (Polish: Aleksander Gorgoń; born 28 October 1988) is an Austrian-Polish footballer who plays for Pogoń Szczecin in Ekstraklasa. As of...
them, holding it for ransom in return for the Gorgons' location. The Graeae informed Perseus that the Gorgons lived on the Island of Sarpedon. Perseus then...
gorgon is 4255. These four subspecies belong to the species Lycaena gorgon: Lycaena gorgon dorothea J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998 Lycaena gorgon...
which is decorated with Gorgons, is the source of the name the anonymous painter who decorated it and is therefore known as the Gorgon Painter. The dinos,...
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Gorgon, after the Gorgon of Greek mythology: HMS Gorgon (1785) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1785...
The Gorgon missile family was a series of experimental air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-surface missiles developed by the United States Navy's...
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