05-25-2005, 12:35 PM
I've noticed a few things on greek vases about the corinthian helm. I am no specialist so I don't know whether they reflect different periods of time or different "fashions".
On some of those vases the warriors are seen tying their long hair into a knot at the back of the head and I wonder if that knot didn't fuction as a sort of cushion, or wedge, or block, allowing the helmet to sit more firmly on the head. Also, It seems the knot is located exactly at the place at the back of the head where the helmet "hinges" in the "up" position and I wonder whether this is the secret for wearing the corinthian in the "up" position without walking like you had a book on the head..
Of course this works only with the later corinthians, the ones with the cranial ridge, not with the earlier models such as the Myros type.
Some other vases clearly depict an arming cap covering only the top of the skull and yet some other evidence (I think sculpture) show lappets of soft material sticking out of the helmet sides when in the "down" dosition, meaning the arming cap in this case maybe a sort of phrygian cap.
Has anybody tried to long hair solution? Or any other solution? And anyways what is the solution you guys chose when wearing that helmet?
On some of those vases the warriors are seen tying their long hair into a knot at the back of the head and I wonder if that knot didn't fuction as a sort of cushion, or wedge, or block, allowing the helmet to sit more firmly on the head. Also, It seems the knot is located exactly at the place at the back of the head where the helmet "hinges" in the "up" position and I wonder whether this is the secret for wearing the corinthian in the "up" position without walking like you had a book on the head..
Of course this works only with the later corinthians, the ones with the cranial ridge, not with the earlier models such as the Myros type.
Some other vases clearly depict an arming cap covering only the top of the skull and yet some other evidence (I think sculpture) show lappets of soft material sticking out of the helmet sides when in the "down" dosition, meaning the arming cap in this case maybe a sort of phrygian cap.
Has anybody tried to long hair solution? Or any other solution? And anyways what is the solution you guys chose when wearing that helmet?
Pascal Sabas
