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The cry which emanated from the Gorgons seems to have been notable, however Euryale's lamenting cry, while chasing Perseus, was apparently particularly so. Although Pindar mentions the "dire dirge of the reckless Gorgons" while chasing Perseus, he has Athena create the "many-voiced songs of flutes" to imitate the "shrill cry" of the "fast-moving jaws of Euryale".[1] While Nonnus, in his Dionysiaca, has the fleeing Perseus "listening for no trumpet but Euryale's bellowing".[2]
The typical archaic (c. 8th–5th century BC) depictions of Stheno and Euryale, show their head turned to face the viewer, sitting (seemingly without a neck) atop a running body in profile, with wings on its back and curl-topped boots. In later depictions the heads shrink in size with respect to their bodies, possess necks, and become less wild looking.[1]
Phythian
p. 20
s.v. Gorgons
Mack, p. 581
Beazley Archive 1102
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