 The emblem of the ASDEN depicts the Lion Gate of Mycenae.It symbolizes power through unity.The Corps' motto, Defending One's Country (; "Amýnesthae Perí Pátris"), is from Homer's Iliad, attributed to the Trojan Prince Hector in the final days of the Trojan War, when Polydamantas advised him to stop the attack on the Achaeans because the omens were not good.