10-12-2010, 04:48 PM
In my opinion,all of the drawings i posted have little chances to be showing metal piloi. It's very hard to show a soft matterial in a way different than the first picture,for instance. And even if white colour was being used for metal,this was done mainly in 4th century Apulian vases,which also had some yellowish shade in them. In mainland greece,white colour has been used very rarely comparatively,and is used either to indicate female skin, white horses, white tube and yoke cuirasses, and other than that, very few other details like some decorative dots or shield designs. Not bronze,like in later Apulian vases. So the white pilos of the third image is not only asymetrical,but it's white when for instance the shield rim isn't. And it's clearly of greek style of the late 5th century.
Now,i guess you were referring mainly to the last photo of the grave stele. Well,it's true that we can't know for sure, but given the fact that felt piloi were worn by hoplites in late fifth century, and also depicted on other grave stelae (i.e. Osprey pub. "Greek Hoplite" p.58 Megarean grave stele 420-410bc) then if i see two asymetrical piloi on two other hoplites dressed in exactly the same fashion, i say that there are far more chances that these helmets were also meant to be felt.
Khaire
Giannis
Now,i guess you were referring mainly to the last photo of the grave stele. Well,it's true that we can't know for sure, but given the fact that felt piloi were worn by hoplites in late fifth century, and also depicted on other grave stelae (i.e. Osprey pub. "Greek Hoplite" p.58 Megarean grave stele 420-410bc) then if i see two asymetrical piloi on two other hoplites dressed in exactly the same fashion, i say that there are far more chances that these helmets were also meant to be felt.
Khaire
Giannis
Giannis K. Hoplite
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax
a.k.a.:Giannis Kadoglou
a.k.a.:Thorax