09-24-2009, 11:43 AM
Quote:PMBardunias wrote:
The eye holes on the Apulo-corinthian are for show, the helmet sits too high on the head and they are generally too small to be seen through.
I know.
PMBardunias wrote:
Rather than being rendered useless, this helmet (#193) was reinforced with a decorated plate.
No. Never ever.
PMBardunias wrote:
... that some would rather look like greeks on vases with their helms pulled back on their heads even at the cost of protection.
That's nonsense. Sorry.
The above confuses me. If you accept that the eye holes are useless decoration, then covering them with a decorated plate seems a poor way of destroying them. Usually true Corinthains have the nasal and cheeks bent up to "kill" them, any true corinthians covered to render them useless?
Is there another explanation besides fashion and a wish to emulate a corinthian helm pushed up in the resting position for the moving of the eye-holes up to a useless position on the forehead that weakens the defensive value of the helmet?
Paul M. Bardunias
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