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Definition of gorgoneion in English: gorgoneionnounPlural gorgoneia ˌɡɔːɡəˈnʌɪənˌɡôrɡəˈnēän A representation of a gorgon's head. 戈耳戈头部雕像 Example sentencesExamples - The ‘awful monster’ is the Gorgon, and the monster's head the gorgoneion.
- The first two are images of Hadrian and a detail of the gorgoneion, the third is of Septimus Severus.
- There is also a variety of animals such as boars, water-birds, doves, lions, scorpions, oxheads and cocks, as well as different designed gorgoneia.
- Contained within a circle, the gorgoneion was the central motif of an ornamental composition of confronting dolphins.
- Sometimes she has a shield, more often the aegis, a scaly capelike covering with fringe of snakes, usually with the gorgon's head, the gorgoneion, to relieve its plainness.
- The primary aim of this thesis is to determine when the transformation of Medusa from a hideous monster into a beautiful woman initially occurs and whether this transformation is simultaneous with regard to both her full-figure representations and the gorgoneia.
- She is carrying her aegis as a shield, and you can clearly see the gorgoneion at the centre.
OriginGreek, neuter of gorgoneios 'of or relating to a gorgon' (see gorgon). Definition of gorgoneion in US English: gorgoneionnounˌɡôrɡəˈnēän A representation of a gorgon's head. 戈耳戈头部雕像 Example sentencesExamples - The first two are images of Hadrian and a detail of the gorgoneion, the third is of Septimus Severus.
- There is also a variety of animals such as boars, water-birds, doves, lions, scorpions, oxheads and cocks, as well as different designed gorgoneia.
- The ‘awful monster’ is the Gorgon, and the monster's head the gorgoneion.
- Sometimes she has a shield, more often the aegis, a scaly capelike covering with fringe of snakes, usually with the gorgon's head, the gorgoneion, to relieve its plainness.
- The primary aim of this thesis is to determine when the transformation of Medusa from a hideous monster into a beautiful woman initially occurs and whether this transformation is simultaneous with regard to both her full-figure representations and the gorgoneia.
- She is carrying her aegis as a shield, and you can clearly see the gorgoneion at the centre.
- Contained within a circle, the gorgoneion was the central motif of an ornamental composition of confronting dolphins.
OriginGreek, neuter of gorgoneios ‘of or relating to a gorgon’ (see Gorgon). |