What is "aegis"

AEgis \[AE]"gis\, n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. ? a goat skin, a shield, ? goat, or fr. ? to rush.] A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

"protection," 1793, from Latin aegis, from Greek Aigis, the name of the shield of Zeus, said by Herodotus to be related to aix (genitive aigos) "goat," from PIE *aig- "goat" (cognates: Sanskrit ajah, Lithuanian ozys "he-goat"), as the shield was of goatskin. Athene's aigis was a short goat-skin cloak, covered with scales, set with a gorgon's head, and fringed with snakes. The exact use and purpose of it is not now clear.\n\nThe goatskin would be worn with the two forelegs tied in front of the wearer's breast, or possibly with the head passed through an opening made at the neck, by the removal of the animal's head.

[F. Warre Cornish, ed., "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities," London, 1898]

n. 1 A mythological shield associated with Zeus and Athena shown as a short cloak consisting of a goatskin. The aegis of Athena is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. The aegis is more an emblem of protection and power than an actual military shield. 2 Protection, guidance. Usually used as ''‘under the aegis’'' because of its origin as protection of the shield of Athena. 3 Endorsement. 4 Sponsorship.

1. n. kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council" [syn: auspices, protection]

2. armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: breastplate, egis]

The aegis or aigis (; English pronunciation: ), as stated in the Iliad, is carried by Athena and Zeus, but its nature is uncertain. It had been interpreted as an animal skin or a shield, sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon. There may be a connection with a deity named Aex or Aix, a daughter of Helios and a nurse of Zeus or alternatively a mistress of Zeus ( Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 13). The aegis of Athena is referred to in several places in the Iliad. "It produced a sound as from a myriad roaring dragons (Iliad, 4.17) and was borne by Athena in battle ... and among them went bright-eyed Athene, holding the precious aegis which is ageless and immortal: a hundred tassels of pure gold hang fluttering from it, tight-woven each of them, and each the worth of a hundred oxen."

The modern concept of doing something "under someone's aegis" means doing something under the protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. The word aegis is identified with protection by a strong force with its roots in Greek mythology and adopted by the Romans; there are parallels in Norse mythology and in Egyptian mythology as well, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.

In Greek mythology, aegis is the shield used by the Greek god Zeus.

Aegis may also refer to:

AEGIS is Windows Server software used along with Microsoft SQL Server by Gravity Corporation to run the official Ragnarok Online game servers. It was originally developed for exclusive use within Gravity and Gravity subsidiaries, but has been leaked within its lifetime, purportedly by several teams who compromised official computers which contained AEGIS binaries.

AEGIS consists of a number of components, an Inter Server (responsible for Guild Siege, Guild Chat, Private Message and synchronization between servers), a Zone Server (responsible for Game Play Dynamics), a Character Server (responsible for Character Information), and an Account Server (responsible for verifying information in account database, such as if it exists, if it is either paid for or not (active/inactive), etc.).

AEGIS was originally created by Hakkyu Kim (Neolith) and was his first server project. Despite the fact that Aegis is referred to as production quality (due to the involvement of commercial organizations) leaked versions revealed that the majority of its configuration files were very simple, it used very inefficient means of storing information for reference, and showed very high memory usage when there were no routines running to suggest such usage.

The original development team was forced to leave the company after a takeover by Samsung Electronics and most of the core members are now working on a new project known as Granado Espada.

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Aégis is the third studio album by Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and the last album of their musical period defined by gothic stylings and Early Modern English lyrics.

''For the cosmic entity who also went by the same name, see Aegis (Lady of All Sorrows)

Aegis (Trey Rollins) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created in 1999, first appearing in New Warriors vol. 2, #0. He then joined the second version of the New Warriors.

AEGIS, or the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey, is a multi-wavelength astronomical survey of a patch of the sky with low extinction and zodiacal scattering. The purpose of the survey is to study the physical processes and evolution of galaxies at redshift z ~ 1. As of February 2011 more than 80 research papers have been published based on data from the survey.

Aegis is a fictional character, a cosmic entity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Galactus. Created by writer Keith Giffen and artist Andrea DiVito, the character first appeared in Annihilation: Silver Surfer #3 (Aug. 2006). She is a member of the Proemial Gods and an ally of fellow member, Tenebrous.

AEGIS is a research network of European centres in African studies, which aims to create synergies between experts and institutions. With primary emphasis on Social Sciences and Humanities, AEGIS' main goal is to improve understanding about contemporary African societies.

AEGIS was founded in 1991 by African studies centres in Bayreuth, Bordeaux, Leiden, London, and Uppsala. In the course of a decade, it developed into a network that included centres from more and more European countries. An executive committee of three was constituted. and has been elected every two years. Yearly meetings of the member centres were instrumental for the development of multiple links between them. Starting in 1998, international conferences on a variety of thematic areas were organized in different countries.

In the new millennium, the organization of European Conferences on African Studies (ECAS), open to everybody, became the central activity. These conferences are taking place every two years, always in a different country. The first European Conference on African Studies was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in London in July 2005; the second Conference was held at the African Studies Centre in Leiden, Netherlands, in July 2007. ECAS 2009 was held in Leipzig and ECAS 2011 was organized by the Nordic Africa Institute at Uppsala. The 5th European Conference on African Studies was organized in 2013 by the Centro de Estudos Africanos at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon. In 2015 the 6th ECAS took place in Paris.

Aegis is a Filipino pop rock band formed in 1990's. The band is composed of sisters (Juliet, Mercy and Ken Sunot) on vocals, Rey Abenoja on guitars, Stella Pabico on keyboards, Rowena Pinpin on bass and drummer Vilma Goloviogo. Their successful singles include "Luhà" ("Tears"), "Halík" ("Kiss"), and "Basáng-basâ sa Ulán" ("Drenched in the Rain").

Aegis is the oldest high school newspaper in California. It was founded in 1886 at Oakland High School, in Oakland, California

The newspaper puts out occasional print issues, but mostly publishes content on its website.

In the 1890s, Jack London wrote for the publication, and these stories were later collected into a book called The Aegis.

Aegis Limited is a global Outsourcing and Technology services company wholly owned by Essar, a 35 billion. It was founded in the United States of America in 1981 and has its presence in 43 location across 5 countries including India, United Kingdom, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Australia, Argentina, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka with approximate strength of 40,000 plus employees spread across these locations

Aegis has worked with companies in Healthcare, BFSI, Technology, Travel & Hospitality, Telecom and Retail industries particularly in the areas such as customer lifecycle, finance and accounting, Sourcing & procurement, HR & Enterprise business services management.