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The Graeae, also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides, were three sisters of Greek mythology who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them. They were the daughter
Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones (1892)
Perseus Returning the Eye of the Graiai by Henry Fuseli
Perseus
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In Greek mythology, Perseus is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. He be
Graeae
…were Deino (Δεινώ), Pemphredo (Πεμφρηδώ), and Enyo (Ἐνυώ; not to be confused with the war goddess, Enyo). They are best known from their encounter with Perseus, who, after capturing their eye, forced them to reveal information about the Gorgons. The Greek Graiai is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root…
Perseus with the head of Medusa, first century AD, Museo Ostiense
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, Benvenuto Cellini, Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence
Perseus rescuing Andromeda from Cetus, depicted on an amphora in the Altes Museum, Berlin
Perseus and Andromeda, 1st century AD fresco from the Casa della Saffo, Pompeii; he shows her the Medusa's head reflected in a pool.