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A gorgeion - i.e., the head of the Medousa - rendered as a device
on an ancient shield from Olympia. Many other ancient Greek allodynes
are described in the
myths relating to the Homeric epics,
and preëminently of course in the two Homeric epics themselves.
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Modern Yoruba |
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A native rendering of Esu, the allodyne Messenger of Heaven
and determiner of sortitions in Nigerian Yoruba tradition.
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Ancient Egyptian Instances
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