Gorgone

**Gorgone** (,

Gorgone su bile strašna čudovišta sa zastrašujućim očima. Gorgonska glava bila je prikazana na Ateninoj egidi, dajući joj moć da je zaštiti od bilo kojeg oružja i da ulije veliki strah svakom neprijatelju. Za gorgonsku krv se govorilo da ima i moć da liječi i da nanosi štetu.

Prikazi Gorgona u punom tijelu i Gorgoninog lica, nazvani gorgonej (množ. gorgoneia), bili su popularni motivi u starogrčkoj, etruščanskoj i rimskoj ikonografiji. Dok su arhaične Gorgone i gorgoneje univerzalno prikazivane kao užasno ružne, vremenom su počele biti prikazivane kao prelijepe mlade žene.

## Etimologija 
Naziv 'Gorgone' (također 'Gorgō' i 'Gorgonē') povezan je sa starogrčkim pridjevom gorgós (), koji, u značenju oka ili pogleda, znači 'sumoran, žestok, zastrašujući, blistav', Smatra se da je povezan sa sanskrtskom korijenom garğ. Izvor ima konotacije buke, a germanski i romanski jezici imaju mnogo izvedenica iz ovog korijena koje se odnose na grlo (npr. 'klanac') ili guturalne zvukove koji se proizvode u grlu (npr. 'grgljati', 'klokotati'). Shvaćeno je kao značenje režanja, urlanja ili zavijanja, dok Thalia Feldman sugeriše da bi najbliže značenje korijenu moglo biti onomatopejsko grrr rastuće zvijeri.

## Porodica 
Prema Hesiodu i Apolodoru, Gorgone su bile kćeri prvobitnog boga mora Forka i morskog čudovišta Kete, te sestre tri druge kćeri Forka i Kete, Greja. Međutim, prema Higinu, one su bile kćeri "Gorgone", potomka Tifona i Ehidne, i Kete, dok Euripid, u svojoj tragediji *Ion*, navodi da su "Gorgone" potomaci Geje, koju je Geja iznjedrila da bude saveznik njenoj djeci Gigantima u njihovom ratu protiv olimpijskih bogova. Meduza je imala dva potomka sa Posejdonom, krilatog konja Pegaza i ratnika Hrisaora.

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