Gorgon motifs on Archaic Greek coins
The Gorgon is a creature described as terrible in ancient literature. It was depicted with glaring eyes, tusks and a hanging tongue and was a part of Greek antiquity from Archaic to Roman Period. The Gorgon motif has frequently been adorned on different materials. The reason as to why such a creatur...
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia
2020
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418134 |