05-20-2009, 09:11 AM
...But in our literature,'thorakes' can be a generic word meaning 'body covering', and in an armour context, 'body armour' and is used not only to mean the classic Tube-and-Yoke, but also the bronze 'muscle cuirass', or other body armour. If we want to be specific about the wrap-around body with over the shoulder pieces, whether made of leather ( 'spolas'), linen - probably quilted - 'thorakes lineoi', or iron ( the 'Philip' cuirass) then 'Tube-and-Yoke', because it describes the style/appearance rather than the material of this distinctive style is probably best
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
