11-20-2009, 01:55 AM
The Oracle/Jorg wrote:
I had briefly considered Italian ( south or central, where, as you say, winged and horned helmets are common) but was under the impression we were here concerned with Greek helmets, so dismissed the thought......
'flat' horns of this type even appear as decoration on Greek-style helmets as far west as Spain, but again it is uncertain if such decoration was added after falling into 'native' hands, or was original......
Quote:I'm sorry, but it's a south-italian pilos in the Louvre, and got there already in the 19th century. Horns cut out of thin bronze sheets are a rather common feature of south-italian piloi. Remarkable is the preserved gold-wreath
I had briefly considered Italian ( south or central, where, as you say, winged and horned helmets are common) but was under the impression we were here concerned with Greek helmets, so dismissed the thought......
'flat' horns of this type even appear as decoration on Greek-style helmets as far west as Spain, but again it is uncertain if such decoration was added after falling into 'native' hands, or was original......
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
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