The first two are images of Hadrian and a detail of the gorgoneion, the third is of Septimus Severus. |
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Contained within a circle, the gorgoneion was the central motif of an ornamental composition of confronting dolphins. |
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She is carrying her aegis as a shield, and you can clearly see the gorgoneion at the centre. |
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Sometimes she has a shield, more often the aegis, a scaly capelike covering with fringe of snakes, usually with the gorgon's head, the gorgoneion, to relieve its plainness. |
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