Definition of Gorgon

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GORGON noun

	The Gorgon was a maiden bold Who turned to stone the Greeks of old That looked upon her awful brow. We dig them out of ruins now, And swear that workmanship so bad Proves all the ancient sculptors mad.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

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GORGON:
n. 1 (in Greek mythology) each of three snake-haired sisters (esp. Medusa) with the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. 2 a frightening or repulsive person, esp. a woman. øøgorgonian adj. [L Gorgo -onis f. Gk Gorgo f. gorgos terrible]

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