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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] It might be Bes but I tried to find a reference and couldn't find one. I don't know if the tongue out is enough to prove it. Does Bes appear in some other Roman art? The head above has wavy hair. I don't know who its supposed to be. There are simialr sculptures of Hadrain where the head on the chest plate is Medusa [IMG]http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/athens_dj-16052007-1-0187f_gorgon-medusa-acropolis.jpg[/IMG] Fragments of an Archaic statue of Gorgon Medusa, from the old Athena Temple of the Athens Acropolis. Pentelic marble. Acropolis Museum, Athens. Inv. No. Acr. 701. [IMG]http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/berlin_02102011-0477-29d_lesbos-billonstatere.jpg[/IMG] The figure of the Gorgon Medusa, or just her head (the Gorgoneion), on a billonstatere from Lesbos. Circa 500 BC. Altes Museum, Berlin. There are several versions of myths concerning the Gorgons, related by ancient authors. According to Hesiod's Theogony (Shield of Heracles), there were three gorgon sisters, daughters of the chthonic sea deities Phorkys and Keto: Stheno (the mighty), Euryale (the far-springer) and Medusa (the queen, or guardian, protectress), who was mortal. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/0b/c7/d3/0bc7d36a73fc095f465fee4466bf1b81.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.my-favourite-planet.de/images/middle-east/turkey/pergamon/athens_dj-28082013-1-1613d_gorgon-varvakeion-shield.jpg[/IMG] Winged head of Medusa on the shield of the "Varvakeion Athena" statuette. From Athens, 3rd century AD [/QB][/QUOTE]
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