Casques Et Plumets

H Carre Hermes Paris > Automne - Hiver 1989 / 90

one of the crowning achievements of literature is the heartrending scene in Homer's Iliad, when Hector, about to die in battle, embraces his wife Andromache for the last time, while Astyanax, their son, plays with his father's helmet. With all due respect to the Homeric tradition, let us be moved by more modern classics: a collection of four helmets worn by 19th-century French heroes.