Subject: ὁπλίτης heavy infantry hoplite
Culture: Classical Greek
Setting: late Archaic, Persian wars, Aegean 7th-5thc BC
Object: κόρυς κορινθίη Corinthian helmet
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* Royal Ontario Museum > Gallery of the Bronze Age Aegean
"'CORINTHIAN' HELMET -- BATTLE OF MARATHON
The normal Greek helmet offering all round protection. A classic version with refined curving outlines. The holes along the lower edge are for attaching a lining. Found in 1834, reportedly with the skull inside, at the battlefield of Marathon, 490 BC. Bronze."
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* Allard Pierson Museum > Griekse Wereld
"Korinthische helm, Myros-groep. Dit type helm wordt Korinthisch genoemd omdat het vaak staat afgebeeld op Korinthisch aardeverk (zie nr. 13).
Brons, ca. 600 v. Chr." ...
Allard Pierson Museum > Griekse Wereld *
"Korinthische helm met gedreven wenkbrauwen en bloemmotief. Dit type helm wordt Korinthisch genoemd omdat het vaak staat afgebeeld op Korinthisch aardewerk (zie nr. 13).
Ca. 500 v. Chr." ...
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Bronze helmet of Corinthian type Greek, 6th-5th century B.C.
This was the most common helmet worn by Greeks for hoplite (heavy infantry) warfare. Additional equipment typically included a cuirass (body armor), greaves (shin guards), a circular shield, a thrusting spear, and a short sword. This helmet is said to be from Olympia."
Metropolitan Museum of Art *
"Bronze helmet of the Corinthian type Greek, 6th century B.C." ...
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Bronze helmet of Corinthian type Greek, 7th-6th century B.C. ...
The bent-up nose piece probably indicates that this helmet was dedicated at a sanctuary."
Metropolitan Museum of Art *
"Bronze helmet of Corinthian type Greek, 7th century B.C. ... The dents and wear marks on this helmet show that it was used in battle. It is said to have been found near Olympia in the bed of the Kladeos River."
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Bronze helmet of the Corinthian type Greek, 7th-6th century B.C." ...
Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor *
"'Corinthian' helmet, about 550 BCE Greece Bronze ...
These helmets trace the increasing sophistication of Greek culture from its revival around 800 B.C.E. to the advent of the 'classical' age of Greece around 500 B.C.E. The oldest examples are relatively simple bowls with holes punched around the edge to secure a thin lining. the more recent helmets from about 450 B.C.E. (about the time of the Parthenon) are beautiful and with a mysterious presence. They are sculptural works of art, but art with a purpose, for details such as the contourred lower edge raised the helmet off the shoulders, increasing freedom of movement.
"Bent noseguards or cheekpieces indicate a helmet symbolically destroyed and presented at a shrine to honor a dead warrior."
* Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor
"'Corinthian' helmet,
550-450 BCE
Greece Bronze" ...
Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor *
"'Corinthian' helmet
Possibly from the Greek colonies in southern France
about 550 B.C.E.
Bronze" ...
* Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor
"'Corinthian' helmet, 650-550 BCE
Greece
Bronze" ....
Higgins Armory Museum > Ancient Arms and Armor *
"'Corinthian' helmet, 650-600 BCE
Greece
Bronze" ...
* Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World
"Italic version of a Corinthian helmet
Italy. Said to have been found near Bologna, Italy
Late Archaic period, about 510-480 B.C. Bronze" ...
Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World *
"Helmet
Greece (Corinth). Said to have been found in a tomb at Valenzano, near Bari, Italy
Late Archaic period, about 500 B.C. Bronze" ...
* Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World
"Helmet Greece (Corinth). Said to have been found at Elis, Greece Archaic period, about 650-625 B.C. Bronze" ...
Museum of Fine Arts > Art of the Ancient World *
"Fragment of a helmet Inscription: Of Olympian Zeus Greece Said to have been found at Olympia
Archaic period, about 680-620 B.C. Bronze Unlike many objects dedicated to the gods, this helmet was used before being dedicated to Zeus. The small holes, mainly along the edge of the helmet, were for sewing in a leather lining." ...
* Medieval Armour Mart
Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery *
"Corinthian helmet
The bronze 'Corinthian' helmet is one of the most elegant forms of helmet ever made.
The earliest versions appeared in Greece about 700 BC, and it continued as the most popular helmet type until the 5th century BC.
This one weighs only 1.54kg (3.4lb). Greek, about 650 BC." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Corinthian helmets
The complete equipment of the infantry hoplite included the bronze helmet, cuirass and greaves, a large round shield and a sword and spear.
In the colonies of south Italy 'Corinthian' helmets continued to be made long after they had disappeared from mainland Greece.
Greek, about 600 BC." ....
