09-23-2009, 06:44 PM
Quote:Ask your questions, the oracle will answer.
You archaeologists are a secretive lot.
Ok, I do have some. Can you tell me something about the origin and use of some of the decorative features seen on hellenistic helmets from Magna Grecia? I am specifically thinking of the gorgon faces and wheels seen on pilos helms as well as the full bull's horns and ears. A recently auctioned Gutmann helmet shows huge rectangular stylized horns and snakes applied in relief across the brow.
One of the most interesting helms I've seen on offer is an Apulo-corinthian with the fake eye-holes covered over by a "T" shaped bronze plate. This demonstrates both the triumph of fashion over subtance, in having the decorative holes there in the first place, and the triumph of substance over style, in the wise move of plating over large holes in the brow of one's helmet.
Paul M. Bardunias
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