06-08-2007, 03:14 PM
Fair enough - but the illustration is of an "eastern" corselet (albeit mythical amazon ).
This is consistent with the literary sources , which state that linen thorakes are Egytian/ Persian/ Eastern - there are NO contemporary or near - contemporary literary references to Greek corselets of this type, nor unequivocal artistic illustrations either, with the possible exception Of Jason Hoffman's example.
And I repeat, this thread is supposed to be about construction methods.
This is consistent with the literary sources , which state that linen thorakes are Egytian/ Persian/ Eastern - there are NO contemporary or near - contemporary literary references to Greek corselets of this type, nor unequivocal artistic illustrations either, with the possible exception Of Jason Hoffman's example.
And I repeat, this thread is supposed to be about construction methods.
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(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff