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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 2400073, member: 33"]Apparently Alexander the Great is said to have worn a helmet with the head of a lion. I don't think the chair is necessarily referencing that. I just wanted to find somebody wearing a lion helmet so am posting here. I have found a variety of depictions of Alexander with a lion helmet and they differ quite a bit from each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>This link goes to the Art Institute of Chicago, with a picture of an ancient coin in their collection: <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/199227/tetradrachm-coin-portraying-alexander-the-great-wearing-the-head-of-the-nemean-lion-as-a-helmet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artic.edu/artworks/199227/tetradrachm-coin-portraying-alexander-the-great-wearing-the-head-of-the-nemean-lion-as-a-helmet" rel="nofollow">https://www.artic.edu/artworks/199227/tetradrachm-coin-portraying-alexander-the-great-wearing-the-head-of-the-nemean-lion-as-a-helmet</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is the picture:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]263182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 2400073, member: 33"]Apparently Alexander the Great is said to have worn a helmet with the head of a lion. I don't think the chair is necessarily referencing that. I just wanted to find somebody wearing a lion helmet so am posting here. I have found a variety of depictions of Alexander with a lion helmet and they differ quite a bit from each other. This link goes to the Art Institute of Chicago, with a picture of an ancient coin in their collection: [URL]https://www.artic.edu/artworks/199227/tetradrachm-coin-portraying-alexander-the-great-wearing-the-head-of-the-nemean-lion-as-a-helmet[/URL] And this is the picture: [ATTACH=full]263182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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