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- noun Plural form of
gorgoneion .
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Examples
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These gorgoneia are moulded in the classic type of the Alexandrian period.
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The Greeks of the later period at Naukratis were interred for the most part in wooden coffins ornamented with rosettes, gryphons, and gorgoneia in terra-cotta, painted and gilded.
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