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Attic red-figure amphora depicting a running Gorgon, Medusa's flight from the hero Perseus, c. 490 BCE.
Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich.
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Raddato, C. (2013, June 20). Running Medusa. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1323/running-medusa/
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