A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The helmet is one of nearly 500 items that will be sold on January 25. It’s expected to be the most expensive object in the auction’s catalog. Experts say the helmet belonged to a hoplite, a ...

Corinthian helmets were symbols of the Greek infantry's military style and have become symbols of the ancient world, with the hoplite being one of the quintessential images associated with ancient ...

Helmet, breastplate, and greaves (shin guards), all of bronze, completed the armor, which could weigh 60 pounds. Hoplites fought shoulder to shoulder in a phalanx, tightly packed ranks, typically ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors. Live ...

“The hoplite is one of the quintessential images associated with ancient Greece,” as the Greek Reporter’s Filio Kontrafouri writes. “No part of the hoplite panoply is more iconic than his ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.