Gorgon (disambiguation) explained

In Greek mythology, a Gorgon is one of three monstrous sisters (including Medusa) who turned people to stone.

The Gorgon is another name for Medusa.

Gorgon may also refer to:

Entertainment

• Gorgon (composition), a composition for orchestra by Christopher Rouse
• Gorgon Video, a video production company and film distributor of dark documentaries and extreme horror films
• Gorgon (comics), two Marvel Comics and two DC Comics characters
• Delphyne Gorgon, a Marvel Comics character
• Archduke Gorgon, a character from the Mazinger series of manga and anime
• Gorgon (video game), a 1981 side-scrolling game for the Apple II
• The Gorgon, a 1964 British Horror film
• The Gorgon (1942 film), an Italian historical drama
• The Gargons, a species of giant extraterrestrial lobsters from Teenagers from Outer Space

Military

• HMS Gorgon, several ships of the Royal Navy
• Gorgon-class monitor, a First World War Royal Navy monitor class
• Gorgon (U.S. missile), an American missile developed during World War II
• the SH-11 Russian anti-ballistic missile, formerly part of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system
• Gorgon Stare, a United States military surveillance system

Other uses

• Gorgon of Rhodes, ancient Greek historian
• Gorgon of Nicomedia, ancient Christian martyr
• Gorgon (surname)
• Euryale ferox, the "gorgon plant"
• Gorgon gas project, a resources project in Western Australia
• Gorgoń, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
• South Devon Railway Gorgon class of locomotives
• An African Gorgon, a mythological creature also known as a Catoblepas
• Gorgon City, an English electronic music production duo

See also

• Gorgan, a city in Iran
• Gorgone (disambiguation)
• Gorgonopsia, a sub-order of prehistoric mammal-like reptiles
• Meandrusa payeni or Yellow Gorgon, a butterfly
• Meandrusa sciron or Brown Gorgon, a butterfly
• Saint-Gorgon (disambiguation), several communes in France