Gorgon

Gorgon is a creature in the Greek mythology. The legendary Medusa was considered the most famous of them. Stories of gorgons were born from a certain type of hybrid beasts created by the Isu as part of the Olympos Project.
==History==
According to the stories, the legendary founder of Mycenae and hero Perseus was tasked by the ruler of Seriphos King Polydektes to slay the gorgon Medusa.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – A Treasury of Legends Helped on the orders of the god Zeus, the messenger of the gods Hermes gave Perseus a shining sickle,Assassin's Creed II – Glyph 5: "Instruments of Power" which might have been a harpe, as well as winged sandals and the goddess Athena gave Perseus a bronze shield, polished mirror-bright. Armed with these, Perseus succeeded in his task.
During the Peloponnesian War, a member of the Daughters of Artemis, Ligeia, fell prey to a Gorgon's stare. The Spartan misthios Kassandra later defeated the creature at the request of Ligeia's lover, Bryce.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Writhing Dead
==Influence and legacy==
By the time of the Peloponnesian War in 5th century BCE, the image of a gorgon was used by the Greeks as a protective amulet used to decorate houses and shields. It was also implemented in various statues of the goddess Athena as part of her Aegis.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Certain weapons were associated with gorgons: there was the Gorgon Slayer, a spear which belonged to the mercenary Zetes the Retired during the 5th century BCE, the Gorgoneion Xiphos which was said to echo the voices of the Gorgon's victims,Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Gorgoneion Xiphos and Medusa, a heavy weapon found in Egypt during the 1st century BCE by the Medjay Bayek of Siwa.Assassin's Creed: Origins
==Behind the scenes==
The term gorgon is derived from the Greek γοργός (gorgós), meaning 'grim, fierce, terrible'.γοργός on Wiktionary
==Gallery==
ACOd-detail-Gorgoneionquarter.jpg|Gorgon's head used as an apotropaic device on a house
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ACOd-AthenaAegisGorgon.jpg|Gorgon as part of the Aegis on the Statue of Athena on Athens' Akropolis Sanctuary
ACOd-AthenaAegisGorgonmarble.jpg|Gorgon as part of the Aegis on a marble statue of Athena
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
==References==
Category:Animals
Category:Greek mythology
Category:Mythical creatures
Category:Olympos Project