10-06-2007, 07:58 PM
Quote:Jasper said
Quote:Is there a systematic overview of surviving Greek helmets, a la Robinson for Rome? What number are we looking at?
Alas, no, shock:
I suspect what we are doing will be the first proper survey/study for a hundred years,especially in English, and a lot has come to light since then!
As to numbers, more than most people suspect - I would think several hundred at least ?.......and I haven't been to the Greek museums...Greek guys, help out here?
Then there's those from Spain and Scythia.... and before Dan berates me, I forgot to mention those of Italy in my earlier post... :oops:
Portions of the corpus of Greek helmets found have been catalogued in Dintsis' massive "Hellenistische Helme," but that obviously only covers the Hellenistic ones, and even then misses some. The reason that no broad study has been done is because Greek helmets aren't really unified like Roman ones are and were much more varied and "customized." Would you, for instance, include the modified Greek helmets that have been found in Scythian graves? How modified would a helmet have to be before it cannot be included as a "Greek" helmet?
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian