They may be represented by spirals, wheels, concentric circles, swastikas, firewheels, and other images. It lies approximately 400 km (250 mi) to the north east of Tehran, some 30 km (19 mi) away from the Caspian Sea. 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. The Sassanid military barriers and fortifications in the Gorgan Plain provide evidence how effective defence, or the lack of it, could contribute to security and prosperity of empires.
In the Odyssey, the Gorgon is a monster of the underworld into which the earliest Greek deities were cast: ... and pale fear seized me, lest august Persephone might send forth upon me from out of the house of Hades the head of the Gorgon, that awful monster ...[11](11.635). Medusa had copulated with Poseidon (Roman Neptune) in a temple of Athena after he was aroused by the golden color of Medusa's hair. A marble statue 1.35 m high of a Gorgon, dating from the 6th century BC, was found almost intact in 1993, in an ancient public building in Parikia, Paros capital, Greece (Archaeological Museum of Paros no. 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. There are several archaeological sites near Gorgan, including Tureng Tepe and Shah Tepe, in which there are remains dating from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic eras. Lionesses or sphinxes are frequently associated with the Gorgon as well. ], Medusa alone had serpents in her hair, and he explained that this was due to Athena (Roman Minerva) cursing her. This article is about the Greek mythological monster. During Achaemenian times (c. 650-330 BCE), the kingdom was often grouped together with Parthava (Parthia) for administrative and tax collection purposes.
The later Greek poet Hesiod increased the number of Gorgons to three—Stheno (the Mighty), Euryale (the Far Springer), and Medusa (the Queen)—and made them the daughters of the sea god Phorcys and of his sister-wife Ceto. The Great Wall of Gorgan, the second biggest defensive wall in the world, was built in the Parthian and Sassanian periods. ", "GORGAN v. Pre-Islamic history – Encyclopaedia Iranica", "Golestan University of Medical Sciences- دانشگاه علوم پزشكي گلستان - Golestan University of Medical Sciences - دانشگاه علوم پزشكي گلستان", List of cities, towns and villages in Golestan Province, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorgan&oldid=970272194, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Articles that may contain original research from April 2020, All articles that may contain original research, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Persian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 July 2020, at 09:38.
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