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- gorgon
- Daughter of
- 👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) 👤 Phorcos
- Mother of
- 👤 Chrysaor 👤 Pegasos (horse)
- Has children with
- 👤 Poseidon
- Leader of
- 👥 the Gorgons
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Gorgons
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya)
- Dies at
- 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya)
- Killed by
- 👤 Perseus (Argive) 🏺 the Winged Sandals 🏺 the Sickle of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Athena
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Head of Medousa 🏺 the Hair of Medousa 🏺 the Blood of Medousa
- Related Entities
- 👤 Alcyone (Atlantid) 👤 Amymone 👤 Athena 👤 Celaino (Atlantid) 👤 Ceto (d. of Pontos) 👤 Chrysaor 👤 Euryale (Gorgon) 👤 Poseidon 🌍 the Underworld 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iphimedeia 👤 Pegasos (horse) 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👥 the Gorgons 👤 Perseus (Argive) 👥 the Graiai 👤 Phorcos 👤 Polydectes (Seriphian) 👤 Meleagros 👤 Stheno (Gorgon) 👤 Tyro 🏺 the Winged Sandals 🏺 the Bag of Perseus 🏺 the Head of Medousa 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Seriphos (island) 🌍 Lake Triton (Libya) 🏺 the Cap of Hades 🏺 the Sickle of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Perseus 🏺 the Shield of Athena 🏺 the Hair of Medousa 🏺 the Blood of Medousa 👤 Lamia 👤 Lapetheia 👤 Methone 👤 Calyce 👤 Mecionice 👤 Laodice (lover of Poseidon) 👤 Polyboia (lover of Poseidon) 👤 Mormo 👤 Ephialtes (demon)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.3.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.2.6 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 834-851 📖 Pausanias 3.18.11 📖 Pausanias 1.23.7 📖 Pausanias 2.27.2 📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 216-237 📖 Euripides, Alcestis 1117-1160 📖 Pausanias 3.17.2-3.17.3 📖 Pausanias 2.21.5-2.21.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.2-2.4.3 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 270-279 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 277-286 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 452-495 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 157 Most 📖 Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 233 Most 📖 Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 1 📖 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 31 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 14.1-14.4 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, The Hall 25 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture 1 📖 Lucian, The Dance 44 📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 9 📖 Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92 📖 Pindar, Pythian 10 27-50 📖 Pindar, Pythian 12 1-32 📖 Pindar, Nemean 10 1-18 📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 6.155 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 8.368 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.104-6.128 📖 Strabo 10.5.10 📖 Ovid, Ibis 447-448 📖 Strabo 1.2.8 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.604-4.662 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.663-4.752 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.753–4.803 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.6 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.12 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.250-5.331 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.90-5.235
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Pausanias Euripides, Alcestis Hesiod, Shield of Heracles Hesiod, Ehoiai Euripides, Phoenician Women Strabo Hesiod, Aigimius Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Lucian, The Hall Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Lucian, The Dance Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Pindar, Olympian 13 Pindar, Pythian 10 Pindar, Pythian 12 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers Pindar, Nemean 10 D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Asclepiades, Tragodoumena fr. 13 Villagra
- Depictions
- 🎨 Fragment of Apulian Red-Figure Krater (?) attributed to a follower of the Tarporley Painter (Nicholson NM97.29) 🎨 Mosaics from Terrace House 2, Residential Unit 3, Ephesos ( Room 16a) 🎨 Boiotian Red-Figure Bobbin (NAM 10495) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Skyphos attributed to circle of the CHC Group (NAM 12267; Beazley 1009680) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1921) 🎨 Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1687) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B7373; LIMC Gorgo, Gorgones 292) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1911; LIMC Achilleus 862) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B975) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8401) 🎨 Fragments of Gilded Silver Diadem (Getty 83.AM.343)
- Reported depictions
- 🏺 the Tapestry of Arachne 🏛️ the Hall (fictional) 🎨 Statue of Perseus on the Acropolis, Athens, by Myron (LIMC Perseus 45) 🎨 Cult Statue of Asclepios in the Sanctuary of Asclepios, Epidauros ( Not Extant) 🎨 Bronze Relief of Nymphs and Perseus by Gitiades in the Temple of Athena Poliouchos, Sparta (LIMC Perseus 96) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Cerne (island)