08-19-2010, 09:04 PM
Aegis is the animal skin.
It also the denotes the skin of the goat (aix or aiga in ancient Greek) tha brest fed Zeus
When the goat died Zeus offered the skin to his daughter Athena who threw it over her shoulders.
The weaving of the skin could strike terror and force armies to flee according to Homer.
Perhaps the Spartan might have used the term for armor in homour of the "Chalkioikos Athena" of Sparta.
Even to today in modern Greek survives the term "HYPO TIN AEGIDA" meaning that a person or event is supported by someone.
Kind regards
It also the denotes the skin of the goat (aix or aiga in ancient Greek) tha brest fed Zeus
When the goat died Zeus offered the skin to his daughter Athena who threw it over her shoulders.
The weaving of the skin could strike terror and force armies to flee according to Homer.
Perhaps the Spartan might have used the term for armor in homour of the "Chalkioikos Athena" of Sparta.
Even to today in modern Greek survives the term "HYPO TIN AEGIDA" meaning that a person or event is supported by someone.
Kind regards
HOPLITE14GR (aka Stefanos)
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
Phokean Ekdromos
http://hetairoi.de/
http://hoplomachia.gr
http://stefanosskarmintzos.wordpress.com
