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[[File:Cratère de Vix 0007.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A Gorgon head on the outside of each of the Vix-krater's three handles, from the grave of the [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Vix Grave|Lady of Vix]], 510 BC]]
Sipas [[Mitologjia greke]], nje '''Gorgon''' (shumesi shqip: '''Gorgonat''', {{lang-grc|Γοργών/Γοργώ}} ''Gorgon''/''Gorgo'') eshte nje krijese femerore. Nemi vjen nga greqishtja antike '''gorgós''', qe do te thote "dreadful e tmerrshme". While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature and occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair made of living, venomous snakes, as well as a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. Traditionally, while two of the Gorgons were immortal, [[Stheno]] and [[Euryale]], their sister [[Medusa]] was not, and she was slain by the demigod and hero [[Perseus]].
 
Gorgons were a popular image in Greek mythology, appearing in the earliest of written records of [[Ancient Greek religious beliefs]] such as those of [[Homer]], which may date to as early as 1194–1184 BC. Because of their legendary and powerful gaze that could turn one to stone, images of the Gorgons were put upon objects and buildings for protection. An image of a Gorgon holds the primary location at the [[pediment]] of the temple at [[Corfu]], which is the oldest stone pediment in Greece, and is dated to c. 600 BC.