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Question about Attic helmet - Dany Boy - 02-25-2012
Dear friends
Is it there someone who can tell us a little more about this Hellenic type of helmet!
Where this artifact has been found and what is its history?
Thank you in advance
Re: Question about Attic helmet - S. Marcer - 02-25-2012
Good morning,
if you have familiarity with French I can recommend to look the new edition of the book: Casques Antiques - Les Visages De La Guerre, De Mycènes À La Fin De L'empire Romain of Michel Feugère.
It is very precise and synthetic and you will certainly find references for the attic helmet
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Best
Re: Question about Attic helmet - Spurius Papirius Cursor - 02-25-2012
Quote:Is there someone who can tell us a little more about this Hellenic type of helmet...?
Hi Lucius
Your helmet looks very Macedonian. I'm sure I've seen something like this as the model for phalangite helmets of about the time of the Battle of Pydna. The flange has the folded cloth look of a Boeotian helmet. The molded or beaten decoration of a triangle, peaking over the brow and "scrolling to stylized volutes at either side[1]" of the head has always fascinated me.
[1] Not my words and can't find source immediately.
I note a similar-looking helmet at http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/HelmetCorfuArchaeologicalMuseum.html.
Cheers
Howard/SPC
Re: Question about Attic helmet - Theodosius the Great - 02-25-2012
It looks like a helmet that was found in Melos, Greece dated to the 4th century BC.
I believe it's now in the Louvre.
~Theo
Re: Question about Attic helmet - Decebalus - 02-25-2012
This helmet is said to be found in Athens and is now in Madrid, Archaeological Museum.
The only written report about it is:
J.M. Blazquez, in: Zephyrus 8, 1957, 154ff.
Greets