Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor - New Book

[Dan Howard]

The layered linen remains found at Patras are apparently intact enough to be pretty sure that it is torso armour. There was a smaller piece found at Mycenae that might be another example. No trace of glue in either one but they both date to the end of the Bronze Age, not the classical period.

Strabo uses "linothorax" as a noun but I can't think of anyone else. Homer uses a similar word "linothorex" as an adjective.