A dictionary of Greek and Roman . It is remarkable that, although the aegis pro-perly belonged to Zeus, yet we seldom find it asan attribute of Zeus in works of art. There is,however, in the museum at Leyden, a marble statueof Zeus, found at Utica, in which the aegis hangsover his left shoulder. The annexed figure is takenfrom an ancient cameo. Zeus is here representedwith the aegis wrapt round the fore part of hisleft arm. The shield is placed underneath it, athis The Roman emperors also assumed the aegis,intending thereby to exhibit themselves in thecharacter of Jupiter.
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . It is remarkable that, although the aegis pro-perly belonged to Zeus, yet we seldom find it asan attribute of Zeus in works of art. There is,however, in the museum at Leyden, a marble statueof Zeus, found at Utica, in which the aegis hangsover his left shoulder. The annexed figure is takenfrom an ancient cameo. Zeus is here representedwith the aegis wrapt round the fore part of hisleft arm. The shield is placed underneath it, athis The Roman emperors also assumed the aegis,intending thereby to exhibit themselves in thecharacter of Jupiter.^ Of this the armed statue ofHadrian in the British Museum presents an ex-ample. In these cases the more recent Romanconception of the aegis is of course followed, co-inciding with the remark of Servius (Aen. ), that this breast-armour was called aegiswhen worn by a god ; lorica, when worn by a man.(Comp. Mart. vii. 1.) rj y 1 C 3 22 AENUM. AERARII. AEINAUTAE (aeivavrai), magistrates atMiletus, consisting of the chief men in the state,who obtained the supreme power on the depositionof the tyrants, Thoas and Damasenor. Wheneverthey wished to deliberate on important matters,they embarked on board ship (hence their name),put out at a distance from land, and did not returnto shore till they had transacted their business.(Plut. Quaest. Graec. 32.) AEIPHUGIA (aeujnryia). [Exsilium.]AEISITI (aeiViroi). [Prytaneium.]AENEATORES (ahenatores, Amm. Marc,xxiv. 4), were those who ble
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