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  2. Gorgons - Wikipedia

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    Gorgon blood was said to have both the power to heal and harm. 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 ...

  3. Medusa - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Gorgonopsia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Cultural depictions of Medusa and Gorgons - Wikipedia

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    When a series of petrifactions occur around the campsite, the Gorgons are the prime suspects, only for the true culprits to be revealed as a flock of basilisks unleashed by an evil goddess whom the snake-haired women originally turned to stone by the Olympians' command. Upon being freed, the vengeful deity has plotted to frame the Gorgons to ...

  6. Gorgonops - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. FACT CHECK: No, Judge Juan Merchan Was Not Executed At ... - AOL

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    A post shared on Facebook claims New York Judge Juan Merchan was purportedly executed by the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps on Dec. 23, 2024. Verdict: False The claim is false ...

  8. Category:Gorgons - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Gorgons, three sisters in Greek mythology who are described as having hair made of living, venomous snakes and horrifying visages that turned those who beheld them to stone. Subcategories

  9. A Life-Threatening Health Scare Changed This Former ... - AOL

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    She wasn’t ready to share her real-life struggles. But at the end of 2022, she had a scare she couldn’t hide. It started with a few days of gas-like stomach pains.