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Gore Gorge Gorgeous Gorgon Gorgons Gola Golleria Golosina Goloso Gourmand Gourmet /b ~ GORE id+ | GAP STAB WOUND BLOOD | ^u ukr HORE = SORROW ~ GORGE continued under see> ~ GAR id+ | THROAT | sug> DISGORGE id+ | FILL VORACIOUSLY THE GULLET | id+ | NECKCHIEF | which could be ~ GORGEOUS id+ | CHARMING | myth> THE GORGON MEDUSA WAS ALLURING BUT PUNISHED FOR HAVING SEX lat GURGA = GULLET see> GARGLE GURGES A WHIRLPOOL or ABYSS med> DISGORGE REGURGITATE lit+ SOME SPEECH IS LIKE GARGLING or GARGLE or see> JARGON ~ GORGON id+ | MYTHICAL BEING | see> JARGON with SNAKES FOR HAIR sug> GORE myth> note HOMER SPEAKS OF ONLY ONE GORGON WHOSE HEAD IS REPRESENTED IN THE ILIAD AS FIXED IN THE CENTER OF THE AEGIS OF ZEUS IN THE ODYSSEY GORGON IS A MONSTER OF THE UNDERWORLD HESIOD INCREASED THE NUMBER OF GORGONS TO THREE ~ GORGONS id+ | UGLY | or REPULSIVE REVOLTING HIDEOUS in gr GORGON implies GRIM myth> THERE SISTERS DAUGHTERS OF PHORKYS & KETO STHENO or STHEINO THE MIGHTY EURYALE THE FAR SPRINGER MEDUSA THE QUEEN GORGONS WERE CONSIDERED IMMORTAL EXCEPT FOR MEDUSA WHO WAS MORTAL SHE WAS KILLED BY see> PERSEUS see> MEDUSA art> often SHOWN AS HIDEOUS OLD WOMEN ADJACENT TO THE FURIES or as WINGED FEMALE CREATURES WITH HAIR CONSISTING OF SNAKES ROUND FACED WITH PROTRUDING TONGUES AND LARGE PROJECTING TEETH biol> GORGONIA GORGONELLA GORGONIIDAE GORGONINA GORGONACEA GORGONOCEPHALUS GORGONOPSIA etc are names of ins rept etc to denote SNAKE LIKE APPENDAGES continue see> JARGON | Tags and Abbreviations Explained | |
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