Definition: A petasus is a flat felt hat with broad round brim worn by Hermes, introduced into Greece, along with chlamys, as a distinguishing mark of the ephebi (youth).
Petasus
By N.S. Gill, About.com
Coin of Hermes in a Petasus
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