The head of Medusa ("the Gorgoneion") is depicted with wide, staring eyes, wings on the brow, red, curly hair, two black vipers coiling at the cheek, and a pair of snake-tails knotted below the chin.

The head of Medusa ("the Gorgoneion") is depicted with wide, staring eye...

Terracotta reilef roundel with head of Medusa 2nd century B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta reilef roundel with head of Medusa 2nd century B.C. The Metro...

Terracotta gorgoneion antefix (roof tile) 2nd half of the 5th century B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terracotta gorgoneion antefix (roof tile) 2nd half of the 5th century B....

The bronze head of Medusa is a decorative element from the first Nemi Ship built by Caligula. It is now in the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme(Rome).

The bronze head of Medusa is a decorative element from the first Nemi Sh...

Medusa

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