The Graiae (Old Gray Ones)
Only the Graiae could help Perseus take Medusa's head, as Polydectes bid him. So to force them to talk, he stole the only eye and tooth that they share. Here Perseus tries to grab the eye as one of the Graiae hands it to the sister on the left, eager to use it. Athena, Hermes, and Phorkys, the father of Graiae, gorgons, and Poseidon, the beloved of Medusa, are observing the scene. [pyxis, 425 B.C.]