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Webster 1913 Edition

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(gôrˊgō̍-nē′yŏn)

Noun.

;

pl.

Gorgoneia

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[NL., fr. Gr.

Γοργόνειος

, equiv. to

Γοργεῖοσ

belonging to a Gorgon.]

(Arch.)

A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon’s head.

Elmes.

gorgoneion ‎(plural gorgoneia)

A representation of a gorgon's head.
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
  The gorgoneion or “bodiless head of fright” antedates by many centuries the Gorgon with a woman's body.