11-24-2007, 01:41 AM
Giannis said:-
For the "N" th time, that is how Xenophon uses the word...for him, a Greek thorakes is bronze, and he uses a qualifier if he means 'body armour' made of something else, e.g. linen, thus 'thorakes lineoi', as worn by Asiatics ( and incidently, very likely quilted/padded)
In fact, I have pointed out, as is evidenced by Xenophon collecting bronze thorakes for his cavalry unit, there were fewer than fifty present among the 'Ten Thousand', which is a good indicator of how comparatively rare it was at this time..... :wink:
Quote:One of Paul's arguements was that when linen,the material had always to be mentioned....NO! That is not what I said at all, Giannis! :roll: I have in the past made considerable allowance for the fact that English is not your native language, but you distort what I say EVERY time you post, constantly mis-quoting me. Is it any wonder others get confused between what I say and what others claim I say?
For the "N" th time, that is how Xenophon uses the word...for him, a Greek thorakes is bronze, and he uses a qualifier if he means 'body armour' made of something else, e.g. linen, thus 'thorakes lineoi', as worn by Asiatics ( and incidently, very likely quilted/padded)
Quote: 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....Here you go again! I NEVER said such a thing! :evil: :evil:
In fact, I have pointed out, as is evidenced by Xenophon collecting bronze thorakes for his cavalry unit, there were fewer than fifty present among the 'Ten Thousand', which is a good indicator of how comparatively rare it was at this time..... :wink:
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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
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