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==Aegis== | ==Aegis== | ||
'''"Ægis"''' was the protective shield of the god Zeus in Ancient Greek Mythology on [[Earth]]. | |||
The word '''Aegis''' in modern English can mean: '''shield''', '''protection''', or '''sponsorship.''' | |||
'''"Ægis"''' has long signified protection of the weak by a strong force. Indeed, '''"Doing something under someone's ''ægis''"''' is the act of carrying out an action under protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. | |||
According to Homer this shield was designed for Zeus by Hephaestus (the Greek god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals and metallurgy, and fire equivalent to Vulcan in Roman mythology.) Hephastus furnished '''"Ægis"''' with golden tassels around a Gorgoneion (i.e. Medusa's head) at its centre. It was said that when Zeus shook ægis, then Mount Ida would become shround in clouds, thunder would roar and mortal men would be filled with fear. Zeus would sometimes lend '''"Ægis"''' to Athena (Zeus' companion and Goddess of Heroic endeavour) and to Apollo (god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery and also a bringer of death-dealing plague) whom according to the Iliad used it to charge the Achaeans, and push them back to their ships on the shore. | |||
==Motto== | ==Motto== | ||