Saw this on Twitter.....pretty amazing collection of Greek helmets and reportedly not even on view to the public
https://twitter.com/DapperHistorian/status/760761783632203776/photo/1
Quote from: Holly on Aug 03, 2016, 09:17 AM
Saw this on Twitter.....pretty amazing collection of Greek helmets and reportedly not even on view to the public
https://twitter.com/DapperHistorian/status/760761783632203776/photo/1
Impressive. Those seem mainly Corinthian but many different varieties. Made me think, is there a Greek helmet typology, like there is a Roman helmet typology.?
Yup - eg (just for Olympia):
http://www.ajaonline.org/online-review-book/1532
Thanks Rich.
I seem to recall something in possibly peter conolly's Greece and Rome book but I might be mistaken
Absolutely right, Dave: if you still have the book, see pages 60-61 (and page 121 for a similar 'evolution' of Italian helmets).
I would pay to see that part of the collection...
You are not mistaken! p. 60 and reproduced here for example:
http://www.thefakebusters.com/greek%20bronze%20helmets/ancient%20Greek%20hoplite%20bronze%20helmets%202.htm
crikey, my brain cell must have been having a good day to pick that one out of the air! :)
I found it a useful representation of the evolution/development of greek helmets. As an aside (going back to my reenacting days), I used to have a late medieval 'Barbute' style helmet which reflecting now was strikingly familiar to some of the early Corinthian type helmets as per the representations from Peter Connolly's book