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Running Gorgon; amphora, Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2312 (c. 490 BC) [1] The Gorgons (/ ˈ ɡ ɔːr ɡ ən z / GOR-gənz; Ancient Greek: Γοργώνες), [2] in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto.
The Gorgons Stheno and Euryale chasing Perseus; Attic black-figure lekythos, Cabinet des Medailles 277 (550–500 BC) [1] In Greek mythology, Stheno (/ ˈ s θ iː n oʊ, ˈ s θ ɛ n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Σθενώ, romanized: Sthenṓ, lit. 'forceful') [2] and Euryale (/ j ʊəˈr aɪ ə l i / yuu-RY-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη ...
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.
In Theogony, the Greek poet Hesiod wrote that Medusa was one of three Gorgon sisters who also happened to be the only mortal of the trio. If you follow Hesiod’s translation of the myth, Medusa ...
Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones (1892). In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ ˈ ɡ r iː iː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. ' old women ', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides (' daughters of Phorcys '), [1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.
According to Madeleine Glennon from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Greek and Roman Art, in Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three Gorgon sisters, born to Keto and Phorkys ...
In Greek mythology, Euryale (/ j ʊəˈr aɪ ə l i / yoor-EYE-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη, lit. 'far-roaming"') was the name of several mythological figures, including: Euryale, one of the three Gorgon sisters. [1] Euryale, daughter of Minos, mother of the great hunter Orion. [2] Euryale, one of the Amazons [3]
The Gorgons are best known by their hair of living venomous snakes and ability to turn living creatures to stone. Medusa herself is an ancient icon that remains one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. She continues to be recreated in pop culture and art, surpassing the popularity of many other mythological characters. [1]