Aegis

shield, buckler, breastplate or bib of Athena and Zeus bearing the head of Medusa/Gorgo (gorgoneion). In the Hellenistic world, became associated with kings and as a cult object.
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Aegis

Summary

Aegis is a mythical object[1]. Aegis draws 1,190 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_object category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Aegis is the creator of Hephaestus[3].
  • Aegis's image is recorded as Lemnia torso03 pushkin.jpg[4].
  • Aegis's instance of is recorded as mythical object[5].
  • Aegis's instance of is recorded as shield[6].
  • Aegis's made from material is recorded as leather[7].
  • Aegis's Commons category is recorded as Aegis[8].
  • Aegis's country of origin is recorded as Ancient Greece[9].
  • Aegis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0_v4[10].
  • Aegis's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0100381[11].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[12].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Aegis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Aegis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/aegis[20].
  • Aegis's used by is recorded as Zeus[21].
  • Aegis's different from is recorded as Ancient Egyptian aegis[22].
  • Aegis's Hederich encyclopedia article is recorded as Aegis[23].
  • Aegis's Treccani ID is recorded as egida[24].
  • Aegis's Quora topic ID is recorded as Aegis-1[25].
  • Aegis's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as egida[26].
  • Aegis's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ægide[27].

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Works and Contributions

Aegis is the creator of Hephaestus[3]. Things named for Aegis include Aegis Combat System[28], an industrial plant[29] and Aegis[30], a minor planet moon[31].

Why It Matters

Aegis draws 1,190 Wikipedia views per month (mythical_object category, ranking #3 of 22).[2] Aegis has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Aegis is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Aegis include Aegis Combat System[28], an industrial plant[29] and Aegis[30], a minor planet moon[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_aegis_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Aegis}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/aegis}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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