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🏺 the Aegis

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  • Information
    protective garment worn by Zeus and Athena
    Created by
    👤 Themis👤 Athena👤 Hephaistos
    Created at
    🌍 Libya (North Africa)
    Created from
    👤 the Aegis👤 Amaltheia
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Amaltheia
    Used by
    👤 Apollo👤 Athena👤 Zeus (Olympian)
    Used at
    🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy)🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca)🏛️ the Temple of Apollo Pagasai near Trachis (Thessaly)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians
    Has depictions of
    🏺 the Head of Medousa
    Related entities
    👤 Athena👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Pallas (d. of Triton)🏺 the Palladion (statue)👤 Apollo🌍 Mount Gargaros (Troad)👤 Hephaistos👤 Achilles🌍 the Beach of Troy👤 Hector (Trojan)🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy)👤 Eumaios👤 Philoitios👤 Odysseus👤 Telemachos👥 the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca)👤 Cronos👤 Hestia🏺 the Shield of Heracles👤 Ares👤 Heracles🏛️ the Temple of Apollo Pagasai near Trachis (Thessaly)👤 Themis🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)🏺 the Head of Medousa🌍 Libya (North Africa)👤 the Aegis👤 Artemis👥 the Titans👤 Amaltheia👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda)👤 Perseus (Argive)👤 Phineus (Ethiopian)🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.3📖 Homer, Iliad 5.733-5.763📖 Hesiod, Theogony 1-28📖 Homer, Iliad 15.220-15.235📖 Homer, Iliad 15.306-15.311📖 Homer, Iliad 18.202-18.206📖 Homer, Iliad 24.14-24.21📖 Homer, Odyssey 22.281-22.329📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 21-32📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 197-200📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 424-456📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 7-15📖 Hesiod fr. 294 Most📖 Homeric Hymn 28 to Athena 1-18📖 Bacchylides fr. 15📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 8.2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 23.1-2 MacLeod📖 Ps-Lucian, The Patriot 8📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📖 Pindar fr. 70b Snell-Maehler📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.753-4.803📖 Pliny, Natural History 34.76
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod Homeric Hymn 28 to AthenaBacchylidesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsPs-Lucian, The PatriotDiodoros, LibraryD-Scholia, IliadPindarOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Dionysios ScytobrachionEuphorion of Chalcis
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 164 Lightfoot
    Depictions
    🏺 the Shield of Heracles
    Reported depictions
    🎨 Bronze Statue of Athena with the Aegis by Demetrios (Not Extant)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Libya (North Africa)
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