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Door lintel with lion-griffins and vase with lotus leaf ca. 2nd–early 3rd century A.D. Parthian
A satyr, a griffin and an Arimaspus. Detail from an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, ca. 375–350 BC. From Eretria.
Panel with a Griffin 1250–1300 Byzantine. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/472849
The chief coin type of the Greek city state of Abdera was known as "the Griffon" because of the mythical animal depicted on it
Restored griffin fresco in the "Throne Room", Palace of Knossos, Crete, original from Bronze Age

Griffin

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Griffin, also spelled griffon or gryphon, composite mythological creature with a lion’s body (winged or wingless) and a bird’s head, usually that of an eagle. The griffin was a favourite decorative motif in the ancient Middle Eastern and Mediterranean lands. Probably originating in the Levant in the 2nd millennium BCE, the griffin had spread throughout western Asia and into Greece by the 14th century BCE. The Asiatic griffin had a crested head, whereas the Minoan and Greek griffin usually had a mane of spiral curls. It was shown either recumbent or seated on its haunches, often paired with the sphinx; its function may have been protective.

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