The Corinthian helmet is probably the most famous Greek helmet type.
It originated at the beginning of the 7th century BC and was forged from a single bronze plate. The Corinthian helmet was strongly oriented towards the human skull shape and protected a large part of the head with its cheek pieces and nose part. Like most Greek helmets, it was often decorated with a horse mane (Lophos).
While the versions of Corinthian helmets were varied, the ornamental ornaments were even more numerous and imaginative. Animal depictions were particularly popular. Alexander the Great protected himself with a helmet designed as a lion's head, the Spartan king Leonidas, leader of the 300 Hoplites at Thermopylae, led two rams as ornament in the cheek-covering parts of his helmet.
From the Corinthian helmet developed the Chalkidische and the Attic helmet, which left a larger field of vision to its wearer. All of these helmets could easily be pulled back to the forehead to allow an unrestricted field of vision and unobstructed breathing during a battle break.
The great Athenian statesman Pericles is often depicted with a Corinthian helmet pushed back.
The Corinthian helmet was in use throughout the Mediterranean, its manufacture was not limited to Greece, but also took place in central and lower Italy.
With this type of Corinthian helmet, a bulge runs over the corpus to protect the wearer from lateral sword blows.
The Corinthian helmet was remarkably similar to the Barbuta worn in Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Reduced replica of ceramic (high-strength special gypsum) in bronze finish.
