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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. 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: ...

  4. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  7. 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]

  8. Hoplite - Wikipedia

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    The design of helmets used varied through time. The Corinthian helmet was at first standardized and was a successful design. Later variants included the Chalcidian helmet, a lightened version of the Corinthian helmet, and the simple Pilos helmet worn by the later hoplites. Often the helmet was decorated with one, sometimes more horsehair crests ...

  9. Staatliche Antikensammlungen - Wikipedia

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    The silver drinking bowl from the 5th century BC and a bowl of rare transparent soda-lime glass (500–450 BC) represent Achaemenid Persia. The Corinthian helmet from the tomb of Dendas comes from a Greek workshop in southern Italy, 500-490 BC. The Goddess of Beauty and Love is a masterpiece of Hellenistic bronze art and dates back to around ...