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THE HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COSTUME
ALBERT RACINET
THE CLASSIC WORK OF THE 19TH CENTURYTHE ANCIENT WORLD
THE ETRUSCANS
AN UNKNOWN CIVILIZATIONUpper Register
1 & 5 Amazons retiring from battle. One is wearing a feathered helmet while the other has a helmet with a double crest. Their tunics are pleated in scalloped folds.
2 & 3 Achilles with his chariot of war, driven Automedon, his charioteer, and accompanied by Patroclus. This picture is taken from a description in The Iliad.
4 A Persian wearing the winged helmet of Hades, which made the wearer invisible, and carrying a Scythian bow.
