Aegis

Hellenic religion

• Aegis appears in Hellenic religion.

  The Iliad attests Athena’s aegis as a goat-skin or shield-device shaken in battle. Homeric divine gear, not every later shield and not unpublished Medusa as a second being.

  from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

  appears in · sourced · documented

• Aegis is sacred to Athena.

  The Iliad has Athena shake the aegis in battle. A named goat-skin or shield-device of that goddess, not every later shield, and not Minerva as a flatten.

  from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

  sacred to · sourced · documented