Flag of Sicily
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The flag of Sicily shows a triskeles symbol, and at its center a Gorgoneion with a pair of wings and three wheat ears. In the original flag, the wheat ears did not exist and the colors were reversed.
Silver drachma from Sicily, minted during the reign of Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse (r. 317–289 BC) and king of Sicily (r. 304–289 BC), with a triskeles of three human legs with winged feet, and a Gorgoneion at their center
Gorgons
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The Gorgons, in Greek mythology, are three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, said to be the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They lived near their sisters, the Graeae, and were able to tur
Flag of Sicily
…The flag of Sicily shows a triskeles symbol (a figure of three legs arranged in rotational symmetry), and at its center a Gorgoneion (depiction of the head of Medusa) with a pair of wings and three wheat ears. In the original flag, the wheat ears did not exist and the colors were…
Running Gorgon; amphora, Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen 2312 (c. 490 BC)
Perseus beheading Medusa; Metope from Temple C at Selinus, Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum 3920 B (sixth century BC)
Athena wearing her snake-fringed Gorgon aegis; plate attributed to Oltos, Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen F2313 (c. 525–475 BC)
Fig. 1. Horse-bodied Gorgon (Medusa) being decapitated by Perseus with averted gaze; Boetian relief pithos, Louvre CA 795 (mid-seventh century BC)