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OGOD
Egyptian
Etruscan
Greek
Phoenician
Roman
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Sthenno, Whose name means "The Strong One" or "Strength",
is one of the three sister Gorgones, terrible monsters of Greek myth. She is
sister to Euryale ("Wide-Stepping" or "Wide Salt Sea") and
the famous Medusa, ("Queen" or "Mistress"),
the only one of the three Who was mortal. The death of Medusa at the hands of
Perseus was a favorite subject of early Greek vase painting, and on these vases
Sthenno and Euryale are typically shown giving chase to Perseus, who has just
killed Medusa and is making off with Her head in a bag.
The medium is watercolor pencil.
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