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Phrygian helmet from the Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins; the front of the skull is ornamented with an appliqué head of the goddess Athena, the helmet is missing its original cheekpieces.[1]

The Phrygian helmet, also known as the Thracian helmet,[2] was a type of helmet that originated in ancient Greece and was widely used in Thrace, Dacia, Magna Graecia and the Hellenistic world until well into the Roman Empire.[3]

  1. ^ Merrony 2011, p. 211, fig. 112.
  2. ^ Wilcox & Embleton 1982, p. 20
  3. ^ Sekunda & McBride 1984, p. 6.

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