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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]
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.
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 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 reflected in Perseus's shield, from The Gorgon's Head (1925) The myth of Perseus and Medusa was adapted into a 1925 silent short film titled The Gorgon's Head. In 2020, The Gorgon's Head is among the films uploaded on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's official YouTube channel to celebrate the exhibition's 150th anniversary. [12]
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According to Apollodorus, after Perseus gave the Gorgon head to Athena, she "inserted the Gorgon's head in the middle of her shield", [25] apparently a reference to Athena's aegis. In the Iliad , the aegis is a device, usually associated with Athena , which was decorated with a Gorgon head. [ 26 ]
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.