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unusual facts about Greek helmet


L'art pompier

It derives from the helmets with horse-hair tails, worn at the time by French firemen, which are similar to the Greek-style helmets often worn in such works by allegorical personifications, classical warriors, or Napoleonic cavalry.


Sohn Kee-chung

For winning the marathon, Sohn was to have received an ancient Greek Helmet (circa BCE 800-700) that had been discovered at Olympia, Greece by German archaeologist Ernst Curtius in 1875.


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