A representation of the snaky-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa, used often as an apotropaic image in ancient Greek and Roman art.
Mosaic emblema with a Gorgoneion, from Rome. Stone tesserae. 115-150 CE. Getty Villa, Malibu, Cal.
A representation of the snaky-haired head of the Gorgon Medusa, used often as an apotropaic image in ancient Greek and Roman art.
Mosaic emblema with a Gorgoneion, from Rome. Stone tesserae. 115-150 CE. Getty Villa, Malibu, Cal.