Bronze Corinthian Helmet

The Corinthian helmet (Ancient Greek κόρυς κορινθίη, Modern κάσκα κορινθιακή) was a type of bronze helmet which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth. A large curved projection protected the nape of the neck, similar to those seen on later Roman and conquistador helmets and the German Stahlhelm. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1564x2192, 312 KB) Summary Helmet in corinthian style . ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1564x2192, 312 KB) Summary Helmet in corinthian style . ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... // A helmet is a form of protective clothing worn on the head and usually made of metal or other hard substance, such as Kevlar, resin fiber, or plastic typically for protection of the head in combat, or in civilian life, from sports injuries, falling objects or high-speed collisions. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Conquistador (Spanish: []) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement established in the modern-day Bahamas... German Stahlhelme from the Second World War Stahlhelm (plural, Stahlhelme) is German for steel helmet. The Imperial German Army began to replace the traditional leather Pickelhaube (spiked helmet) with the Stahlhelm during the First World War in 1916. ...

Physical evidence

Apparently (judging from artistic and archaeological evidence) the most popular helm during the Archaic and early Classical periods, the style gradually gave way to the pylos type, which was less expensive to manufacture and did not obstruct the wearer's critical senses of vision and hearing. Lendon has also theorized that while the Corinthian helmet could hide one's face it also hid one's terror. Therefore the adoption of the pylos helmet was part of a trend toward individualism. Numerous examples of Corinthian helmets have been excavated, and they are frequently depicted on pottery. Archaeology, archeology, or archology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hearing, or audition, is one of the traditional five senses, and refers to the ability to detect sound. ... [[Image:Conner- Pottery production is a process by which abody, clay mixed with other minerals, is shaped and allowed to dry. ...

The Corinthian helmet was depicted on more sculpture than any other helmet, it seems the Greeks romantically associated it with glory and the past. The Romans also revered it, from copies of Greek originals to sculpture of their own. From the sparse pictoral evidence we have of the republican Roman army it seems that in Italy the Corinthian helmet evolved into a jockey-cap style helmet, with the characteristic nose guard and eye slits becoming mere decorations on its forehead. Given many Roman corruptions of ancient Greek ideas this change was probably also corruption a of the traditional heroic positioning of the Corinthian helmet, tipped upward over the forehead, on Greek art.

Literary evidence

Herodotus mentions the Corinthian helmet in his Histories when writing of the Machlyes and Auseans, two tribes living along the River Triton in ancient Libya (the portion of ancient Libya he describes is most likely in modern Tunisia). The tribes chose annually two teams of the fairest maidens who fought each other ceremonially with sticks and stones. They were dressed in the finest Greek panoply topped off with a Corinthian helmet. The ritual fight was part of a festival honoring the virgin goddess Athena. Young women who succumbed to their wounds during the ordeal were thought to have been punished by the goddess for lying about their virginity (Histories, 4.180). Bust of Herodotus Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: , Herodotos Halikarnasseus) was a Dorian Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC - ca. ... In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ... A panoply is a complete suit of armour. ... A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value, which is prescribed by a religion or by the traditions of a community. ... Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ...

Related Reading

Lendon, J.E., Soldiers and Ghosts, A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity (2005)

External links

• Herodotus's account of the Libyan female warriors in Corinthian helmets - via the Perseus Project
• Corinthian helmets from Italy - from Helmets of Ancient Italy, part of Emporical Images.