plural of gorgonaEn Greek mythology, a Gorgon ( in ancient Greek ³ Gorgi or ³ a³i a³i½ Gorgin, do terrible do )?? It was a ruthless female monster at the same time that a protective deity from the most ancient religious conceptions. His power was so great that anyone who tried to look at it was petrified, so his image was in all kinds of places, from temples to wine kraters, to promote their protection. The Gorgon wore a belt of serpents, interwoven as a buckle and confronted each other.Later myths stated that there were three gorgons and Medusa, Stheno and Euryale, and had the only mortal of them, Medusa, poisonous snakes instead of hair as punishment by the goddess Athena. This image became particularly famous, while the Gorgon appears in written older records of the religious beliefs of the ancient Greece, such as in the works of Homero.La gorgona occupied the principal place of the pediment of a temple in Corfu. It is the oldest stone motion of Greece, being dated c. 600 BC