Male head with the Hector cut, a classical hairstyle

Male head with the Hector cut, a classical hairstyle or tonsure. Trojan mullet style also known as the Hector cut. Abantes or Abantians, an ancient Thracian warrior tribe, also cut their forelocks to prevent enemies from grabbing their hair. From a carnelian gem. Tonsura. Copperplate engraving by Guillaume Vallet after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Carnelian Gem Classical Mythology Enemies Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Guillaume Vallet Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Mullet Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Thracian Tonsure Trojan

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