Linothorax again

[Dan Howard]

It is not a modern term. Homer uses LINOTHOREX [2.529, 2.830]. The Bard describes three different people dressed in this armour: The lesser Aias, Adrestos, and Amphios. Illustrations of this armour indicate a degree of flexibility - especially in the shoulder straps, which strongly suggests that it wasn't made of metal with a linen cover. and if it was made of metal there would be no need to reinforce it with additional metal in the form of scales over the top as is seen in some instances. Personally I think it was made of multiple layers of linen glued together with casein, not resin. A foundation made of multiple layers of linen was used in Egypt for scale armour. An extant example is the leather scale armour found by Carter in Tut's tomb.