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🏺 the Aegis

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="11289501" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_11289501">🏺 the Shield of Heracles</span>
  • Information
    protective garment worn by Zeus and Athena
    Created by
    👤 Themis 👤 Hephaistos
    Created from
    👤 Amaltheia
    Derives etymology from
    👤 Amaltheia
    Used by
    👤 Apollo 👤 Athena 👤 Zeus
    Used at
    🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy) 🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo Pagasai near Trachis (Thessaly)
    Reported to have depictions of
    🏺 the Head of Medousa
    Related Entities
    👤 Achilles 👤 Amaltheia 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Cepheus (f. of Andromeda) 👤 Cronos 👤 Eumaios 👤 Hestia 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👤 Hector (Trojan) 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Pallas (d. of Triton)👤 Perseus (Argive) 👤 Philoitios 👤 Phineus (Ethiopian) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Telemachos 👥 the Titans 🏺 the Palladion (statue) 🏺 the Thunderbolt of Zeus🏺 the Head of Medousa 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Land of the Ethiopians 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 👥 the Suitors of Penelope on Ithaca 🏛️ the Palace of Odysseus (Ithaca) 🌍 Mount Gargaros (Troad) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo Pagasai near Trachis (Thessaly)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.3📖 Homer, Odyssey 22.281-22.329📖 Homeric Hymn 28 to Athena 1-18📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 7-15📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 21-32📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 197-200📖 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 424-456📖 Homer, Iliad 5.733-5.763📖 Homer, Iliad 15.220-15.235📖 Homer, Iliad 15.306-15.311📖 Homer, Iliad 18.202-18.206📖 Homer, Iliad 24.14-24.21📖 Hesiod, Theogony 1-28📖 Hesiod fr. 294 Most📖 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📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.157📖 Pindar fr. 70b Snell-Maehler📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.753–4.803📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 15.229📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1-5.89
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadHesiod, TheogonyHomer, OdysseyPindarHesiod Homeric Hymn 28 to Athena Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeHesiod, Shield of HeraclesBacchylidesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsPs-Lucian, The PatriotD-Scholia, IliadOvid, Metamorphoses
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Euphorion fr. 164 Lightfoot
    Reported depictions
    🏺 the Shield of Heracles
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