Could the closed Greek helmet kill a warrior?

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hi Jim,

Thank you for the article, as it can hardly be called a mail. It is very well researched as well as written, and the quotes you give are excellent – it must have taken you hours. I have yet to find quotes like that in my books. I am not surprised that finding quotes like that is far apart, as we must not forget, that it was one thing to be killed on a battle field fighting, but it was not a big honour to die of a heat stroke, even if it was on the battlefield, so not many of these stories ended up in the history books – or in any other books for that matter. To die on the battlefield due to the heat, dressed in mail shirt and a helmet or in plates, well oiled at the knees and elbows, and a helmet, was something which happened, no reason to take the honour from the man by talking too much about it – after all, he did show up at the right place to the right time.

Jens