Posted on 06/02/2018 11:07:32 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A Corinthian helmet was discovered in a 5th century BC grave in the Taman Peninsula, southwest Russia, according to RIA Novosti news agency. Made of bronze, Corinthian helmets covered the entire head and neck, with slits for the eyes and mouth, protruding cheek covers (paragnathides in Greek) as well as a curved protrusion in the back to protect the nape of the neck. The helmet has a padded interior made of fabric or leather to protect the warrior's skull. These helmets were indispensable for the Greek hoplites, the famous foot soldiers of the phalanxes, as they were highly protective because they completely covered the head. Often their crest was surmounted by a crest (lophos) with a horsehair plume. The one found is corroded and highly fragmented, but its discovery is extremely significant for historical purposes. The Corinthian helmet is the only one of its kind discovered north of the Black Sea... When a warrior died, his helmet would be buried next to him... The Greeks founded large cities on the northern coast of the Black Sea. The major ones were Olbia, at the mouth of the Dnieper; Panticapaion, today's Kerch, in the extreme west of the Crimea, and Chersonese (Sevastopol); on the Russian bank, one found Phanagoria (Taman), also the name given to the peninsula on which the Corinthian helmet was discovered.
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Little doubt about the helmets origin. Quite a find.
No. The Golden Fleece is to the south. In what is today Georgia.
I still hear that commercial in my head from time to time. Seems like it was just a few years ago. Time flies.
Remember the "shaving cream so thick it could stop this sports car?" Commercials concepts, scripts, and jingles in the 70s were at their peak. Sometimes more entertaining than the featured show.
"of the burial..." is quite interesting:
Again, thanks for posting this!
When Cars Were Aircraft Carriers
Better than my last ten days, went to see a play by Shakespeare, supposed to be great, but all those cliches, yuck!
/rimshot!
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Yup, but it wasn't literally made in Corinth -- probably, we'll not know for sure I suspect -- but Corinth meant "Place of the Carians".
Despite the slapdash work by the gravediggers, from their day to ours no one had stumbled across it before. :^)
Lol!
Land yachts.
Thanks, and/or thanks again, for all the interest and the replies, including the Chrysler subthread, which was, as Robert DeLong said, "A fine example of FR topical branching." :^) Since I didn't keep track of who got my earlier thiank you, I'm just thanking everyone through message 70.
Macon County? Cue the banjo music.
Was it lined is Fine Corinthian Leather?.................
You must have had the Fine Corinthian Leather option..................
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