Gorgone (,Grimal, s.v. Gorgons. u grčkoj mitologiji, jesu tri monstruozne sestre, Steno, Eurijala i Meduza, za koje se kaže da su kćeri Forka i Kete. Živjele su blizu svojih sestara, Greja, i mogle su pretvoriti u kamen svakoga ko ih je pogledao. Eurijala i Steno su bile besmrtne, ali Meduza nije bila i ubio ju je junak Perzej.Bremmer 2006, s.v. Gorgo 1; Bremmer 2015, s.v. Gorgo/Medusa; Gantz, str. 20; Grimal, s.v. Gorgons; Tripp, s.v. Gorgons.
Gorgone su bile strašna čudovišta sa zastrašujućim očima. Gorgonska glava bila je prikazana na Ateninoj egidi, dajući joj moć da je zaštiti od bilo kojeg oružja i da ulije veliki strah svakom neprijatelju. Za gorgonsku krv se govorilo da ima i moć da liječi i da nanosi štetu.
Prikazi Gorgona u punom tijelu i Gorgoninog lica, nazvani gorgonej (množ. gorgoneia), bili su popularni motivi u starogrčkoj, etruščanskoj i rimskoj ikonografiji. Dok su arhaične Gorgone i gorgoneje univerzalno prikazivane kao užasno ružne, vremenom su počele biti prikazivane kao prelijepe mlade žene.
Etimologija Naziv 'Gorgone' (također 'Gorgō' i 'Gorgonē'). povezan je sa starogrčkim pridjevom gorgós (), koji, u značenju oka ili pogleda, znači 'sumoran, žestok, zastrašujući, blistav',The Cambridge Greek Lexicon svv. γοργός, Γοργώ; Beekes, s.v. γοργός. Smatra se da je povezan sa sanskrtskom korijenom garğ.Napier 1992, str. 102. See for example: Mack, str. 599 n. 5; Phinney, str. 447; Feldman, str. 487; Howe, str. 210. Izvor ima konotacije buke, a germanski i romanski jezici imaju mnogo izvedenica iz ovog korijena koje se odnose na grlo (npr. 'klanac') ili guturalne zvukove koji se proizvode u grlu (npr. 'grgljati', 'klokotati').Howe, str. 210, n. 10 with many more examples. Shvaćeno je kao značenje režanja, urlanja ili zavijanja,Mack, str. 599 n. 5; Napier 1992, str. 102; Phinney, str. 447. dok Thalia Feldman sugeriše da bi najbliže značenje korijenu moglo biti onomatopejsko grrr rastuće zvijeri.Feldman, str. 487.
Porodica Prema Hesiodu i Apolodoru, Gorgone su bile kćeri prvobitnog boga mora Forka i morskog čudovišta Kete, te sestre tri druge kćeri Forka i Kete, Greja.Gantz, str. 19; Hesiod, Teogonij 270–277; Apolodor, 1.2.6, 2.4.2 (calling the Graeae the "Phorcides"). Međutim, prema Higinu, one su bile kćeri "Gorgone", potomka Tifona i Ehidne, i Kete,Tripp, s.v. Gorgons; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface 9, 35. dok Euripid, u svojoj tragediji Ion, navodi da su "Gorgone" potomaci Geje, koju je Geja iznjedrila da bude saveznik njenoj djeci Gigantima u njihovom ratu protiv olimpijskih bogova.Gantz, str. 448; Euripides, Ion 986–991, 1055. Meduza je imala dva potomka sa Posejdonom, krilatog konja Pegaza i ratnika Hrisaora.Grimal, s.v. Gorgons; Tripp, s.v. Medusa; Hesiod, Teogonija 278–281; Apolodor, 2.4.2.
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