The Wild History of the Phrygian Cap

The phrygian cap is so much more than just the French revolution or a ¢lit in sneakers. This controversial headgear has an over 3,000 year history, that is funnier, weirder, and darker than the aggressively cheerful mascots of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games would have you believe. Sources: Berndt, Susanne (2020) "The Upright Tiara of the Persian King." Achaemenid Anatolia: Persian Presence and Impact in the Western Satrapies 546–330 BC 37: 65. Di Filippo Balestrazzi, Elena (1997) “Roma.” LIMC Supplement: 1048– 68. Korshak, Yvonne (1987) The Liberty Cap as a Revolutionary Symbol in America and France. Smithsonian Studies in American Art, 1(2), 53–69. Lubrich, Naomi (2015). “The Wandering Hat: Iterations of the Medieval Jewish Pointed Cap.” Jewish History 29: 3/4, 203–44. Pipili, Maria (2000) ‘Wearing an Other Hat: Workmen in Town and Country’ Not the Classical Ideal: Athens and the Construction of the Other in Greek Art, Brill, 153–179 Rose, Charles Brian (2013) The Archaeology of Greek and Roman Troy, Cambridge University Press. Seiterle, Gerard (1985) ‘“Die Urform der Phrygischen Mütze.” Antike Welt 16: 2– 13.