This paper intends to offer some reflections on specific religious spaces whose fruition appears to be characterized and influenced by the presence of Gorgons.

The ubiquitous presence and even pervasiveness of Gorgons in the Greek and Roman worlds, both in terms of space and time is notorious. This paper will explore how the presence of Gorgons with the symbolic meanings attached to them, might affect the way religious spaces (either public such as sanctuaries, or funerary or domestic) in which they appear were perceived and used. 

The peculiarity of the place of residence of the Gorgons and the concept of space involved in their myth, could be reflected in the religious spaces in which images of Gorgons appear, and an analysis of their presence might shed some light on the interpretation of those spaces. 

Their presence might signal a peculiar perspective related to their role as mediators between the world of the living and the world of the supernatural and consequently affect the way the devotees would approach and experience the rites performed in those spaces.

The journey of Perseus between the East and the West, to which the pediment of the Archaic temple of Artemis at Korkyra might allude, could respond to the exigencies of devotees involved in sea faring enterprises from the island of Kerkyra and could be reflected in the rituals performed in the sacred area of the temple.

The role of the Gorgons as peculiar markers of religious spaces in funerary and domestic contexts will be also considered, such as findings from Greek cemeteries or Sicilian terracotta arulae, bearing meanings which can be reflected in the perception and use of those spaces.