{"id":826,"date":"2022-02-22T01:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T01:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/?p=826"},"modified":"2022-02-25T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T06:02:22","slug":"the-gorgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-gorgon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gorgon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gorgon-Roman-Symbols.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gorgon-Roman-Symbols.webp 300w, https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/gorgon-Roman-Symbols-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gorgon, transl. Gorgo or gorgon, &#8220;awful&#8221; or, according to some, &#8220;loud-roaring,&#8221; was a violent female monster with sharp teeth who was a protective deity from early religious notions in Greek mythology. Her power was so great that anyone who tried to look at her would be turned to stone; as a result, representations of her were carved onto everything from temples to wine kraters as a kind of protection. The Gorgon wore a serpent belt with opposing serpents interwoven as a clasp. Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale were the three of them. Medusa was the only one that died; the other two are immortal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgon, transl. Gorgo or gorgon, &#8220;awful&#8221; or, according to some, &#8220;loud-roaring,&#8221; was a violent female monster with sharp teeth who was a protective deity from early religious notions in Greek mythology. Her power was so great that anyone who tried to look at her would be turned to stone; as a result, representations of her &#8230; <a title=\"The Gorgon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/the-gorgon\/\" aria-label=\"More on The Gorgon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3413,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/3413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancientsymbols.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}