Type of helmet that originated in Classical Greece
A ceremonial Attic helmet from Southern Italy, ca. 300 BC.
The Attic helmet was a type of helmet that originated in Classical Greece and was widely used in Italy and the Hellenistic world until well into the Roman Empire. Its name is a modern historiographic convention: "Terms such as Illyrian and Attic are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin".[1]
The Attic helmet was similar to the Chalcidian helmet but lacked a nose guard. Although in Greece itself its use was not as widespread as the Corinthian or Phrygian types, the Attic helmet became very popular in Italy, where most examples have been found. Many Italian peoples used variations of the attic helmet, but archaeologically it has been especially prominent in Samnite and Lucanian burials and their associated art (frescos etc.).[2]
As an artistic motif, variations of the Attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types, being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals, emperors and Praetorians throughout the Hellenistic and Roman periods. As such, a form of Attic helmet has become part of the popular image of a Roman officer, as found in art from the Renaissance onwards or in earlier Hollywood productions. However, no archaeological remains of this type of helmet have been found to date. The closest surviving Imperial Roman helmet to the type illustrated in relief sculpture dates to the 2nd century AD, and was found in Bavaria. It has been classified as a "pseudo-Attic" helmet by some scholars. It is of tinned bronze and is very elaborately decorated with an integral crest raised from the skull incorporating an eagle.[3]
The Attichelmet was a type of helmet that originated in Classical Greece and was widely used in Italy and the Hellenistic world until well into the Roman...
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from the east pediment consist of a head of Athena in a triple-crested Attichelmet, the torso and upper legs of a nude man in a contraposto pose, and the...
depictions of Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet have been found as opposed to those that depict her with an Attichelmet, it is thought that the Corinthian...
60: "Terms such as 'Illyrian' and 'Attic' are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin.") Merrony...
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O: helmeted head of Athena left, wearing Attichelmet decorated with Skylla holding a rudder, neck guard decorated with a palmette. TIMO R: bull butting...
decorated with snakes and with the gorgoneion in the center. She wears an Attichelmet with the cheek guards upturned; it has three crests, the center sporting...
60: "Terms such as 'Illyrian' and 'Attic' are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin.") Anderson...
eye similar to the bronze helmet discovered near Waterloo Bridge in the Thames. It seems that the Romas Greco-Roman Attichelmet, which had a gryphon crest...
Elaeus from the time of Commodus with Protesilaus on the prow of a ship, in helmet, cuirass and short chiton on the reverse probably depict this statue. Strabo...
certain, such as the gold series that seems to use the numismatic foot of the Attic drachma. There are electrum coins, a natural alloy of gold and silver with...
wreath. Below the shield, there are two greaves, a Phrygian helmet at left and an Attichelmet at right. The whole design is flanked by two swords depicted...
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