\'Phrygian\' helmet

[Paullus Scipio]

Am I correct that the Stoa Poikile was created during the Peleponesian war?

The 'Stoa Poikile' ( Painted porch) is believed to have been built andfirst so decorated around 460 BC.It was one of the first major buildings built following the Persian Wars, and Xerxes destruction of the city, some 20 odd years before. By the 2 C AD, when Pausanias described it, there were at least four major paintings - an Amazonomachy, the Fall of Troy, the battle of Marathon, and the battle of Oenoe ( when Athens first defeated Sparta on land). Fragments of painted stone, with some colours still quite bright, and believed to come from this stoa were excavated 1949-1970's. steps and foundations were excavated in 1981 and the building formally identified.

Incidently, the early 'Boeotian' helmet is not the type we usually associate the name with - i.e. the type referred to by Xenophon as good for cavalry use, and associated with Macedonian cavalry ( including the depiction in the Alexander mosaic !!), but a simpler type, similar to a 'pilos' helmet - but quite distinct from it - and like it, deriving it's shape from a locally worn cap.