The Medusa
40 millimeters wide, 1.6” inches
natural ruby eyes
medusa showing on model is 33mm large so its relitavly smaller than listing.
18 Karat yellow gold, light patina with high polish finish.
Medusa is a figure from Greek Mythology, the only mortal of the three Gorgons, along with her immortal sisters, Stheno and Euryale. The three Gorgons were born to the sea god of the dangers of the hidden deep, Phorcys, and the goddess of sea monsters and the dangers of the sea, Ceto.
According to Hesiod , Medusa and her sisters were the sisters of the Graeae and lived “beyond framed Oceanus at the world’s hard edge by Night, where the clear-voiced Hesperides are” (Theogony, 270). The three sisters are often mentioned together, but it is Medusa who is commonly depicted in both ancient Greek literature and art. The name Gorgon comes from the ancient Greek word γοργός, meaning “grim,” “fierce,” and “terrible,” and Medusa’s name derives from the ancient Greek verb μέδω meaning “to guard” or “to protect,” which is very fitting given the apotropaic quality of the face of the Gorgon, known as the Gorgoneion.
credits https://www.worldhistory.org/Medusa/
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