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According to Hesiod, the Gorgons lived far to the west beyond Oceanus (the Titan, and world-circling river) near its springs, at the edge of night where the Hesperides (and the Graeae?) live. [14] The Cypria apparently had the Gorgons living in Oceanus on a rocky island named Sarpedon. [ 15 ]
Gorgonops (from Greek: Γοργών 'Gorgon' and ὤψ 'eye, face', literally 'Gorgon eye' or 'Gorgon face') is an extinct genus of gorgonopsian therapsid, of which it is the type genus. Gorgonops lived during the Late Permian ( Wuchiapingian ), about 260–254 million years ago in what is now South Africa .
Size comparison between a person and Inostrancevia (reconstructed with long lips and some hair). Earlier gorgonopsids in the Middle Permian were quite small, with skull lengths of 10–15 cm (4–6 in), [1] whereas some later genera attained massive, bear-like sizes with the largest being Inostrancevia up to 3.5 m (11 ft) in length and 300 kg (660 lb) in body mass. [2]
The largest known land-dwelling artiodactyl was Hippopotamus gorgops with a length of 4.3 m (14 ft), a height of 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in), and a weight of 5 t (11,000 lb), [63] with its closely related European descendant, Hippopotamus antiquus, rivaling it, estimated to be 14.1 ft (4.3 m) in length and 7,700–9,300 lb (3,500–4,200 kg) in weight.
The Gorgons: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair. The Lamiai: female phantoms from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half-serpent. Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): half-human half-snake beings from Hindu mythology [2] said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
Size compared to a human. The almost complete Viatkogorgon holotype specimen is about 80 cm (31 in) long, including the skull. The skull is 14 cm (5.5 in), the preserved part of the tail is approximately 17 cm (6.7 in), the forelimb is approximately 24 cm (9.4 in), and the hindlimb is more than 26.5 cm (10.4 in). [3]
The Gorgons Stheno and Euryale were immortal, whereas their Gorgon sister Medusa was mortal. [8] The only story involving them is their pursuit of Perseus after he has beheaded Medusa. The Hesiodic Shield of Heracles (c. late seventh–mid sixth century BC) describes the two Gorgons' pursuit of Perseus, as depicted on Heracles' shield:
In issue three, Fall 1986 for the magazine Woman of Power an article called Gorgons: A Face for Contemporary Women's Rage, appeared, written by Emily Erwin Culpepper, who wrote that "The Amazon Gorgon face is female fury personified. The Gorgon/Medusa image has been rapidly adopted by large numbers of feminists who recognize her as one face of ...