Polos (headgear)

Enthroned goddess with high polo, terracotta statuette, 550–500 BC BC Archaeological Museum of Agrigento , AG 1161.

The polos ( ancient Greek πὁλος pólos ) is a cylindrical headgear without a brim that was worn by female deities or by people on festive occasions.

It came to Greece in Mycenaean times from the Middle East , where it served as the crown of gods . The height of the polo varies greatly and ranges from a ring-shaped structure resting on the head to a tower-like appearance. Poloi can be decorated with ornaments or figures. A large number of female figures wearing a polo have been handed down from the archaic and classical times.

literature

• Rolf Hurschmann : Polos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , Sp. 39.
• Valentin Kurt Müller : The Polos, the Greek crown of gods : Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate approved by the Philosophical Faculty of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin. Berlin 1915 ( digitized version )