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

A rare ancient Greek helmet is heading to the auction block, where experts expect it to sell for as much as £90,000 (roughly ...

Hoplite infantrymen were the military ideal of ancient Greece and were recruited from the wealthy middling ranks of society, particularly the farmers. They wore bronze armor breastplates ...

in "Arms and Armor of the Greeks" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998) wrote that such helmets were used by warriors from many other ancient Greek city-states, including Sparta. The object is "a ...