Linothorax vs Spolas

[PMBardunias]

The evidence I refer to is found where Xenophon specifically descibes the spolas as a tube and yoke armor made of leather. He is most blunt and absolute in this.

Bill you are mistaken, Xenophon never states that a spolas is made of leather or that is is even "armor", rather than heavy clothing. Read back up the thread, it is a 2nd century AD Scholar from Naucratis who tells us that a "spolas" is made of leather and hangs from the shoulders. He then tells us that Xenophon uses the term spolas instead of thorax.

As for the case being closed on it being a tube and yoke, there is no evidence to support this other than the notion that it hangs from the shoulders. The T-Y does not in fact hang from the shoulders, as seen by the fact that the shoulder pieces are put on last when arming. A chiton-like garment hangs from the shoulders and is belted at the waist. The spolas could easily be a leather version of the perizoma shown below or the garment worn by Dionysias in the second image. By the way, "Perizoma" is the best ancient greek term to run a Google image search for.