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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_83635" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A shield or protective armor; - applied in mythology to the shield of [[Jupiter]] which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_74009" /> == | |||
<p> A goat's skin), the shield of Zeus, made of the hide of the goat [[Amalthea]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), representing originally the storm-cloud in which the god invested himself when he was angry; it was also the attribute of Athena, bearing in her case the Gorgon's head. </p> | <p> A goat's skin), the shield of Zeus, made of the hide of the goat [[Amalthea]] ( <i> q. v </i> .), representing originally the storm-cloud in which the god invested himself when he was angry; it was also the attribute of Athena, bearing in her case the Gorgon's head. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_83635"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/aegis Ægis from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_74009"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ægis Ægis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74009"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ægis Ægis from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A shield or protective armor; - applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A goat's skin), the shield of Zeus, made of the hide of the goat Amalthea ( q. v .), representing originally the storm-cloud in which the god invested himself when he was angry; it was also the attribute of Athena, bearing in her case the Gorgon's head.
