Talk:Aegis

Aegis: a speculative alternate etymology without a reference

"Alternatively it has been suggested that it was originally symbolic of the storm-cloud and derived from aisso, signifying rapid, violent motion. Another possible etymology is from the root Αιγ- (Aeg-) meaning wave, as per Αιγαίον (Aegean) = wavy sea." This is not Greek. A long list of "bright" and "goat" Aeg- phonyms can be found in the index to Robert Graves' The Greek Myths. No need to repeat them here. --Wetman 15:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

shouldn't this link to a "fictional armour" or "mythical shields" section?

sorry, i don't really know how to use wiki, beyond searching, but it'd make sense to me, since there's a fictional swords category..

Commercial Spam

I took the liberty of removing Nabisco202's spam link to Aegis medical systems of California, which was added on Sept. 5, without discussing the edit first. I hope that was proper protocol jackbrown

comic book-super hero crap

doesn't all the comic book superhero crap belong on the disambiguation page. It's sort of absurd looking in the context of a semi-serious encyclopedia article. --jackbrown

Central gorgon head

...furnished with golden tassels and bearing the gorgoneion (Medusa's head) in the central boss.

I'm pretty sure the gorgon head in the centre of Aegis is not Medusa, but her mother, Aix. Does anyone have citation that the face was Medusa?--FruitMonkey 16:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you pretty sure? --Wetman 00:40, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. The only citation I can find so far is on this web site. But they do quote Greek text. http://www.theoi.com/Titan/GorgoAix.html

I think there are multiple myths as there are many quotes that Athena placed Medusa's head onto the shield after she retrieved the shield from Perseus. But if Zeus used the Aegis to defeat the Titans (with the gorgon head attached), this would predate the birth of Athena. Does Homer mention Medusa by name in the Illiad, or does he just say gorgan?--FruitMonkey 10:29, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

why use æ?

Æ wasn't a ligature used in ancient times, why use it here? Arthurian Legend 22:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

full of bollox, innit?

I have a Classics degree and can't be arsed figuring it out, but I've a feeling this article is full of bollox. I know a man on wiki who may be able to fix it.:)Merkinsmum 20:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

my greek professor just told me that aegis comes from the greek word for goat. Seeing as the genitive form is "aigos", it makes sense to me that a shield made from goatskin ("of a goat") would have its etymological roots in the word… and her being from Greece herself, I suppose she would have heard the folktales from her elders. 99.251.230.51 (talk) 18:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]