- Information
- protective garment worn by Zeus and Athena
- Created by
- 👤 Athena 👤 Themis 👤 Hephaistos
- Created at
- 🌍 Libya (North Africa)
- Created from
- 👤 Amaltheia 👤 the Aegis
- Derives etymology from
- 👤 Amaltheia
- Used by
- 👤 Apollo 👤 Athena 👤 Zeus (Olympian)
- 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 (Olympian) 👤 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) 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 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) 👤 the Aegis
- 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 📖 Diodoros, Library 3.70.1-3.70.8 📖 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, Library Homer, Iliad Hesiod, Theogony Homer, Odyssey Pindar Hesiod Homeric Hymn 28 to Athena Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Hesiod, Shield of Heracles Bacchylides Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods Ps-Lucian, The Patriot Diodoros, Library D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Metamorphoses
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Euphorion of Chalcis fr. 164 Lightfoot 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 9 Rusten
- Reported depictions
- 🏺 the Shield of Heracles
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Libya (North Africa)