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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. Ancient Greek military personal equipment - Wikipedia

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    The earliest standard hoplite helmet was the Corinthian helmet, developed around 600BC. [12] Later, this was replaced by the Phrygian helmet and Chalcidian helmet, which were lighter and did not impair the wearer's vision or hearing so severely. Helmets often had a horsehair crest, for decorative purposes and as an additional level of protection.

  4. 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.

  5. 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]

  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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  8. Story of MSU senior tradition of kissing the Spartan logo to ...

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    First it was the Spartan "S" and as the Breslin Center court changed it evolved into the Spartan head. The kiss is a way of saying goodbye and is a gesture of gratitude from the athletes.

  9. Helmet (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    One notable example of a non-traditional helmet used in Canadian heraldry is the arms of Julie Payette, a former governor general of Canada, which bears an astronaut's helmet as the helm. [15] Other examples include nasal helmets, [16] Corinthian helmets, [17] parka hoods, [18] and United Nations peacekeeping helmets. [19]