09-29-2009, 11:25 AM
I call them all "attic", but we must expect a wide range of variability! All these helmets have in phenomenological sense common characteristics, like a half-spherical-calotte and a frontlet with volutes. Let us call the helmets which fall under this basic definition "attic", ok? Now, we can divide further in subtypes, like with or without visor, the position of the frontlet, the construction ... Did you get my point?
As I said, the Pergamon-helmet looks like archaic depictions of attic helmets, so it's clearly an attic helmet, but feels "strange" in company of the others with a visor.
The helmet from Ohrid for example doesn't have a frontlet with volutes, but does have a visor! Is this one an attic? hock:
As I said, the Pergamon-helmet looks like archaic depictions of attic helmets, so it's clearly an attic helmet, but feels "strange" in company of the others with a visor.
The helmet from Ohrid for example doesn't have a frontlet with volutes, but does have a visor! Is this one an attic? hock:
Jörg