A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ccasions both by Apollo(II. xv. 229, 307—318, 360, xxiv. 20), and byAthena (II. ii. 447—449, xviii. 204, xxi. 400). The skins of various quadrupeds having beenused by the most ancient inhabitants of Greecefor clothing and defence, we cannot wonder thatthe goat-skin was employed in the same must also be borne in mind that the heavyshields of the ancient Greeks were in part sup-ported by a belt or strap (reXa/j-wv, balteus) passingover the right shoulder, and, when not elevatedwith the shield, descending transversely to the lefthip. In or
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . ccasions both by Apollo(II. xv. 229, 307—318, 360, xxiv. 20), and byAthena (II. ii. 447—449, xviii. 204, xxi. 400). The skins of various quadrupeds having beenused by the most ancient inhabitants of Greecefor clothing and defence, we cannot wonder thatthe goat-skin was employed in the same must also be borne in mind that the heavyshields of the ancient Greeks were in part sup-ported by a belt or strap (reXa/j-wv, balteus) passingover the right shoulder, and, when not elevatedwith the shield, descending transversely to the lefthip. In order that a goat-skin might serve thispurpose, two of its legs would probably be tiedover the right shoulder of the wearer, the otherextremity being fastened to the inside of the combat the left arm would be passed under thehide, and would raise it together with the shield,as is shown in a marble statue of Athena, pre-served in the museum at Naples, which, from itsstyle of art, may be reckoned among the most an-cient in Other statues of Athena represent her in a stateof repose, and with the goat-skin falling obliquelyfrom its loose fastening over her right shoulder, soas to pass round the body under the left arm. Theannexed figure is taken from a colossal statue ofAthena at Dresden. AEGIS. AEGIS. 21
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