Phrygian cap

Phrygian cap
 Phrygian cap (also Thracian) - headdress Asia Minor origin of the ancient Phrygians, red cap with a narrow, is bent forward end. Used in the sacrament of the Eleusinian mysteries: it is worn on the head initiates. Also in Rome Phrygian cap was awarded the newly liberated slaves. In the Middle Ages became popular helmet in the form of the Phrygian cap ....
 Phrygian cap (also Thracian) - headdress Asia Minor origin of the ancient Phrygians, red cap with a narrow, is bent forward end. Used in the sacrament of the Eleusinian mysteries: it is worn on the head initiates. Also in Rome Phrygian cap was awarded the newly liberated slaves. In the Middle Ages became popular helmet in the form of the Phrygian cap. Later, during the French Revolution the artist J.-L. David has put forward a Phrygian cap as a symbol of revolution and civil liberties.