Mythological shields

thumb|The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor [[Pheidias (Dresden Skulpturensammlung)]]

Greek epic attributed to Hesiod

thumb|upright|Ancient shield illustration from Nordisk familjebok

thumb|300px|The Chariot of the Sun by W. G. Collingwood

decorated shield described in the Iliad