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Just more linguistical information about "spolas"

For Pierre Chantraine (our best source about ancient greek etymology), "spolas" is not related to "stole", (as Liddell-Scott thought) but to greek "spolia", coming from a root that means "to pull out, to skin" (an animal).
Hesychios sais: "spolia: the plucked wool from the cattles's legs"

In fact, "spolia" is the plucked skin or wool from animals, and hence the armour taken from defeated enemies. latin took this word in "spolium"

So, it's a clear evidence of the animal (skin or even wool) origin of Spolas (an etymological, ancient meaning, so the late lexica seems to be right)

"spolas" is no doubt something made of hide. But the quid, the big deal, as sometimes said, is to identify spolas with the famous tube and yoke thorax (despite the "it hangs from the shoulders" of Pollux. An animal skin like Heracles' garment hangs from the shoulders too, and Pollux quotes Sophocles saying "lybian spolas: leopard's skin")

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