aegides

Noun

 * 1) * 1972, William Ridgeway, The Origin of Tragedy: With Special Reference to the Greek Tragedians, chapter 2 — The Rise of Attic Tragedy, page 90:
 * Herodotus compared the goat-skin dresses of the Libyan women in his own day to the aegis of Athena, the only difference being that whilst the former had leathern fringes, that of the goddess had one of snakes.
 * Such aegides were still worn by the Lycians serving in the host of Xerxes, who according to Herodotus were emigrants from Crete.
 * 1) * 1972, William Ridgeway, The Origin of Tragedy: With Special Reference to the Greek Tragedians, chapter 2 — The Rise of Attic Tragedy, page 90:
 * Herodotus compared the goat-skin dresses of the Libyan women in his own day to the aegis of Athena, the only difference being that whilst the former had leathern fringes, that of the goddess had one of snakes.
 * Such aegides were still worn by the Lycians serving in the host of Xerxes, who according to Herodotus were emigrants from Crete.
 * Herodotus compared the goat-skin dresses of the Libyan women in his own day to the aegis of Athena, the only difference being that whilst the former had leathern fringes, that of the goddess had one of snakes.
 * Such aegides were still worn by the Lycians serving in the host of Xerxes, who according to Herodotus were emigrants from Crete.
 * Such aegides were still worn by the Lycians serving in the host of Xerxes, who according to Herodotus were emigrants from Crete.

Etymology 1
Regularly declined forms of.

Etymology 2
From the, regularly declined forms of , whence.