05-20-2008, 04:00 AM
Giannis wrote:-
The main reference is Plutarch's life of Pyrrhus(11) ....Pyrrhus has taken off his helmet to rally some of his men, who do not recognise him, so he puts it back on "..and was instantly recognised by it's high crest and the goat's horns which he wore at the sides"... Alexander wears goat/ram horns in exactly this style on a diadem on a coin, and Seleucus I is portrayed on a coin wearing an Attic helmet decorated with very similar 'swept back' horns.....
Quote:I suppose there is some reference to the horns he has on his helm? A coin probably? There are no such horns in his bust I think?
The main reference is Plutarch's life of Pyrrhus(11) ....Pyrrhus has taken off his helmet to rally some of his men, who do not recognise him, so he puts it back on "..and was instantly recognised by it's high crest and the goat's horns which he wore at the sides"... Alexander wears goat/ram horns in exactly this style on a diadem on a coin, and Seleucus I is portrayed on a coin wearing an Attic helmet decorated with very similar 'swept back' horns.....
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
