Athena wearing the mask of Medusa by Ludwig von Schwanthaler 1840

"Gorgolophas (Gorgon-crested): She who has a helmet of the head of the Gorgon, [that is] Athena."

-Suidas s.v. Gorgolophas (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon 10th C. CE)


Athena wearing the mask of Medusa by Ludwig von Schwanthaler 1840. Current location: Albertinum, Dresden.


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Quote:

https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html

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