- In
Ancient Greece, the
Gorgoneion (Gr****: 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...
- 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 t****els and
bearing the
Gorgoneion (Medusa's head) in the
central boss. Some of the
Attic vase-painters retained...
-
figure of
three legs
arranged in
rotational symmetry), and at its
center a
Gorgoneion (depiction of the head of Medusa) and 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...
- x Rprimary) respectively. They have been
named Aegis (/ˈiːdʒɪs/) and
Gorgoneion (/ˌɡɔːrɡəˈnaɪən/).
Using a
spherical radius of 78 km;
volume of a sphere...
-
intimidating in
appearance to
frighten malicious forces.
Similar to the
Gorgoneion heads of
ancient Greece, the
decorative wide-e****,
often red, yellow,...
-
inside the
Library of
Hadrian honouring Hadrian Relief fragment of a
Gorgoneion.
Museum at Hadrian's Library. 2nd
century AD The
backside of the facade...
-
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...
