Gorgo may refer to:
* Görgö, the Hungarian name for the town of
Spišský Hrhov
Spišský Hrhov (; hu, Görgő, ) is a municipality and village in the Spiš region of Slovakia, between Levoča and Spišské Podhradie in Levoča District. It has a population of 1800, of which 350 are Roma, well integrated in the local commu ...
, Slovakia
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Gorgo (mythology) In Greek mythology, Gorgo (Ancient Greek: Γοργόνος) was one of the multiple women of Aegyptus, king of Egypt. By the latter, she became the mother six princes: Periphas, Oeneus, Aegyptus, Menalces, Lampus and Idmon. Her sons were wed and s ...
, a woman of king Aegyptus
*Another name for
Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα "guardian, protectress"), also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those ...
, one of the three monstrous Gorgons in Greek mythology
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''Gorgo'' (film), a 1961 film, or its protagonist, the fictional giant monster Gorgo
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Gorgo, Queen of Sparta
Gorgo (; el, Γοργώ ; fl. 480 BC) was a Spartan woman and wife to King Leonidas I (r. 489–480 BC). She was the daughter and the only known child of Cleomenes I, Leonidas' half-brother and King of Sparta (r. 520–490 BC). Gorgo was also the ...
(6th–5th century BC), queen of Sparta, daughter of king Cleomenes I and wife of king Leonidas I
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681 Gorgo
681 Gorgo is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
'Gorgo' is German for Gorgon
A Gorgon ( /ˈɡɔːrɡən/; plural: Gorgons, Ancient Greek: Γοργών/Γοργώ ''Gorgṓn/Gorgṓ'') is a creature in Greek mythology. Gorgons occur in the ea ...
, an asteroid
*Gorgo, a ''frazione'' (subdivision) of the ''comune'' of
Latisana
Latisana ( fur, Tisane, locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Udine, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy, on the Tagliamento river.
History
The city was probably a Roman post station (''Mansio Apicilia'') o ...
, Italy
*''Gorgo'', a former brush-footed butterfly genus now included in ''
Erebia
''Erebia'' is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, family Nymphalidae. Most of the about 90–100 species (see also below) are dark brown or black in color, with reddish-brown to orange or more rarely yellowish wing blotches or band ...
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*Gorgo, a character in the anime ''
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' ( sv, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, literally ''Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden'') is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive th ...
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