The Navy's advanced, fast reaction, high firepower, shipboard anti-air warfare area defense system (Note: Aegis is the Greek word for "shield").
The aegis is the shield of Zeus (originally a "goat-skin"), which thunders when he shakes it. Athena also bore the aegis, often tasseled and with the head of Medusa affixed, its petrifying power still intact. This divine shield afforded safety and security and so to be under the aegis of an individual or of an institution is to be favored with protection, sponsorship, or patronage.
Animal skin worn with a slit for the head, with the head of the animal, usually a goat, on the breast.
EE-jis] The breastplate of Zeus—a protective garment decorated with a Gorgon's head and surrounded by a fringe of snakes—commonly worn by Athene in her role as goddess of victory.
a small cloak decorated with a gorgon's head in the center.
(Gk- goatskin; pron. ee'-jiss): in Greek mythology, a shield or breastplate covered with a goatskin and holding the actual head of Medusa (who could turn onlookers into stone), as well as other evil figures; it was used to overwhelm opponents with terror and was primarily the possession of Zeus, but was also used by his daughter Athena (in Book 5, against the Trojans), and by his son Ares (in Book 15, against the Achaeans)
a shield or breastplate associated with divinity
A small leather cloak, or sometimes a shield, with the head or mask of Medusa (a gorgoneion) mounted on it.
Mythological shield; a short cloak consisting of a goatskin with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center; worn by Athena and Zeus and by Hellenistic and Roman rulers who identified with them.