- Information
- 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 (region) 🌍 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 (region) 🌍 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, Amores 3.6 📖 Ovid, Amores 3.12
- 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)
- 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 of
- 🌍 Cerne (island)