It's a helmet. It's just slid back on his head. You'll find plenty of pictures on Greek pottery and paintings with Greek soldiers' helmets slid to the back of their heads.
It's a helmet. It's just slid back on his head. You'll find plenty of pictures on Greek pottery and paintings with Greek soldiers' helmets slid to the back of their heads.
Actually it's based on a particular statue of him. Based on other descriptions by his countrymen of the day, it appears that he had quite a large noggin. Almost deformed. The artist was doing him a favor by covering it with the helmet.
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