There is a lot of gryphon art posted on FA, but none of them resemble to much what our ancient ancestors actually imagined a gryphon would look like. Nearly all of them from classical times have a long neck and reptilian spines much like we imagine dragons having. Most also do not seem to have have feathers or fur but smooth skin, and when depicted in color, they are usually green! They also usually have belly plates like a serpent. , though not seen on this example. To the people of the ancient world, gryphons were actually more of a quadrepedal, beaked, reptilian 'dragon', than merely a lion/eagle hybrid. Indeed, medieval people imagined that a gryphon was the hybrid of the mating of a lion and eagle! This example was made of solid gold by a Greek artisan around 400 B.C., but for the Scythian market, and the original features a second gryphon attacking the horse from the back.