Linothorax design/construction

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

A question: Are there cases in classical literature including the phraze "thorakas khalkous" or something similar meaning "bronze thorakes"? This would also mean that the word thorax is not equal to bronze cuirass. One of Paul's arguements was that when linen,the material had always to be mentioned. I don't agree with this. A thorax was always a cover of the "thorax"(chest) and the material has nothing to do with it. The word is at least mycenean if not earlier(to-ra-ka) and we all know that the myceneans did not have only bronze thorakes. It is also clear that spolas was a word for something else instead of armour,too. In fact the actual meaning of the word must have been any animal skin worn by men. If at some point those skins were used in war-even in different forms, then the word spolas would refer to a leather thorax,as it would protect the chest. I don't exclude what Wolfgang suggested that any form of thorax(the tube and yoke included) made of leather could be called spolas. But I cannot accept that every single time the word thotax is used in classical literature it refers to the bronze cuirass,whos finds in Greece are so few from the classical period.
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Giannis