

“Near them their sisters three, the Gorgons, winged With snakes for hair- hatred of mortal man-“ Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound describes them thus: Their genealogy is shared with other sisters named the Graeae. The three Gorgon sisters Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale, were children of the ancient marine deities Phorcys and his sister Ceto, (the spelling vary based on accounts), chthonic monsters from an ancient world.
