The symbol of the war of ancient Greece and its survival in time …

In ancient Greece he adorned the head of the great ancient warriors, such as Leonidas or Achilles. Later he became the ancestor for all the uniforms or armor still used today. While it often adorns collectors’ houses and becomes one of the most important acquisitions.

The reason for the well -known helmet for all of us or in some cases the Corinthian helmet. Sculptured with copper and tin and protecting almost most of the head, leaving only eyes and mouth open, is a proof of the art and craftsmanship of the ancient Greeks.

The helmet from Pericles’ golden age to today

Such an object, simple and almost intact over time, is ready to be sold by Apollo Art Auctions auction house in downtown London. According to the official page of the house, the sale is scheduled for Saturday, January 25 at 13:00 for the helmet but also for additional 498 objects of classical Greek, Roman – and not only – period.

The Apollo Art Auctions Gallery has stated that this bronze helmet dates back to about 500 to 450 BC, that is, a helmet that existed during the Pericles golden century. Its starting price is already £ 26,000, and it is estimated that it can reach 60,000 to 90,000 pounds.

“A rare and extremely well -preserved bronze Greek helmet, most likely connected to a Spartan soldier, offering a short look at ancient Greece’s craftsmanship,” Ivan Bunsev’s live auction director told Live Science.

According to information, it comes from a private collection and has been ascertained by the register of lost art art loss register that it is not a product of antiquity.

A trademark for the world at the time, but also a symbol of many today’s institutions

The helmets are actually considered a trademark for ancient Greece. The art of war, with the aim of expanding it, was, after all, the main objective of our ancestors. That is why the soldiers had to be as invulnerable as possible to cope with any enemy.

According to what he has written in his book since 1998 entitled “Weapons and armor of the Greeks”, Professor of Archeology at the University of Cambridge, Anthony Snodgra, points out that such war helmets were used by warriors in many Greek-state cities at that time. and Sparta.

We can notice its dissemination in the numerous ancient Greek sculptures adorned by helmets, to the amphorae of the time, and the form of the goddess Athena, which is mainly featured with helmets. Subsequently, even the Romans have shown to respect this object, evolving it into their own armor, but also putting it in their own sculptures.

Today, it is often used as a logo, “logo”, in several colleges in America and not only, or in security companies, who want to advertise the quality of their security services.

The art and peculiarity of the helmets

According to experts, Corinthian helmets reduced the peripheral vision of the soldiers and their acoustic capacity as they covered most of the face, with only eyes and mouths empty.

Later they evolved, having more open spots in their construction, and many were decorated with horse hair on top, painted with geometric shapes, eyebrows, and even mythological creatures.

This is how they became symbols of the war of ancient Greece, which many can easily bring to our minds even from the 300 film with Gerard Butler, and many more films trying to bring us to the time.

Characteristic of the value and uniqueness of such helmets is the most expensive sale made for a similar helmet on April 28, 2017 by Christie’s auction house in New York. At that time, a Halkidian -type helmet, lighter, as it gave more “freedoms” to the soldier, but also in more details decorated, was sold for $ 1,039,500.