Three female
monsters with hair of snakes and dragonbodies. If you looked at them, you
would be turned to stone. Stheno and Euryale were immortal but Medusa was
mortal. She was eventually killed by the hero Perseus, and from her blood
the winged horse Pegasus was born whom she had with Poseidon.
Their parents were the sea god Phorcys and Ceto and they lived in the western
ocean. The head of the Gorgon was often used in Art. It was pictured on the
aegis of Athena, people would have it as door knockers to protect the house
from evil and it was also painted or sculputerd inside cups.