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The Bath Gorgon is a ruined pediment from the Temple of Sulis Minerva, [1] [2] in the Roman Baths in Bath in Somerset, England. The pediment features a Gorgon (or water god)'s head. [1] [3] [4] The figure has been identified as Oceanus, and is sometimes referred to as The Green Man, a Celtic mythological figure. [5] [6] [7]
Gilt bronze head from the cult statue of Sulis Minerva from the Temple at Bath, found in Stall Street in 1727 and now displayed at the Roman Baths (Bath).. In the localised Celtic polytheism practised in Great Britain, Sulis [note 1] was a deity worshiped at the thermal spring of Bath.
The Gorgon at Roman Baths Museum. Rediscovered from the 18th century onward, the city's Roman remains have become one of Bath's main attractions. They may be viewed almost exclusively at the Roman Baths Museum, which houses: Artefacts recovered from the Baths and the Roman town. There is a fine collection of stone sculptures.
Representations of full-bodied Gorgons and the Gorgon face, called a gorgoneion (pl. gorgoneia), were popular subjects in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman iconography. While Archaic Gorgons and gorgoneia are universally depicted as hideously ugly, over time they came to be portrayed as beautiful young women.
The Roman Baths are no longer used for bathing. In October 1978, a young girl swimming in the restored Roman Bath with the Bath Dolphins, a local swimming club, contracted naegleriasis and died, [6] leading to the closure of the bath for several years. [7] Tests showed Naegleria fowleri, a deadly pathogen, in the water. [8]
Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon [5] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
Disembodied Gorgon heads also appear as enemies in the game. Gorgon's Quest is a platformer that can be played solo or with another player in co-op. After Perseus beheads Medusa, Stheno and Euryale travel ancient Greece to track down the demigod, petrify him and other enemies, and bring their youngest sister's head back to her in the underworld.
Remains of the Roman baths of Varna, Bulgaria Remains of Roman Thermae, Hisarya, Bulgaria Bath ruins in Trier, Germany Photo-textured 3D isometric view/plan of the Roman Baths in Weißenburg, Germany, using data from laser scan technology.