[Beowulf9]

So would this have belonged to a Spartan?

“Throughout their adult lives, the Spartiates continued to be subject to a training regime so strict that, as Plutarch says, “... they were the only men in the world with whom war brought a respite in the training for war.”

Bravery was the ultimate virtue for the Spartans: Spartan mothers would give their sons the shield with the words “Return With it or carried on it!”

Was just thinking, what an amazing warrior wore that helmet, Spartan or not. Be interesting to know his tale.

[robowombat]

More likely the helmet came from a Carian mercenary. There are a number of references to Carians in the historical books of the OT. Moreover, the Carians seem to have had a significant role in developing the armored warrior who became the hoplite over time. Caria was a mountainous area but located on the sea routes along the Mediterranean. The area apparently had metal deposits and was one where smithing evolved to a high art.