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  2. Corinthian helmet - Wikipedia

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    Bronze Corinthian helmet, c. 500 BCE, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 4330) The Corinthian helmet originated in ancient Greece and took its name from the city-state of Corinth. It was a helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth. A large curved projection protected the ...

  3. Kresilas - Wikipedia

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    In Athens he created, for example, a bronze statue of Pericles (440–430 BC) with the Corinthian helmet upon the head as a sign of his position as strategos. Pliny the Elder said of it: "a work worthy of the title; it is a marvellous thing about this art that it can make famous men even more famous". [4]

  4. Leonidas (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    While most of the plume is a restoration, fragments of a leg, foot, shield and helmet were also found nearby. [2] The sculpture was part of a group, probably affixed to the sanctuary pediment. According to several scholars, it formed part of the memorial on the Spartan acropolis to honor Leonidas on his reburial. [3]

  5. Pericles with the Corinthian helmet - Wikipedia

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    The slight turning of the head indicates that the statue employed classical Contrapposto. Pericles is depicted as an adult man with a Corinthian helmet. The helmet symbolised his military role as strategos. The Berlin copy is especially carefully executed. The helmet is cocked back, with short curly hair bursting out at the temples.

  6. Greek helmet - Wikipedia

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    Greek helmet may refer to any of the following: Attic helmet; Boar's tusk helmet; Boeotian helmet; Chalcidian helmet; Corinthian helmet; Galea (helmet) Illyrian type ...

  7. Category:Ancient Greek helmets - Wikipedia

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    Corinthian helmet; G. Galea (helmet) I. Illyrian type helmet; K. Kegelhelm; Konos; P. Phrygian helmet; Pileus (hat) This page was last edited on 20 April 2016, at 18: ...

  8. Spartan army - Wikipedia

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    Spartan hoplites were often depicted bearing a transverse horsehair crest on their helmet, which was possibly used to identify officers. [43] During the Archaic period, Spartans were armored with flanged bronze cuirasses, leg greaves, and a helmet, often of the Corinthian type.

  9. Athena Giustiniani - Wikipedia

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    On her head is a Corinthian helmet, and on the ground to her right is a coiled serpent, which may allude to the story of Erichthonios, the authochthonous king of Athens. The forearms and parts of the fingers are modern restorations, as are the spear, the sphinx on the helmet, and the head and part of the coils of the serpent. [2]