New Information on the Linothorax front? APA Meeting 2009

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Very probably yes. And it means any kind of body armour,regardless pf for or matterial. Some have assumed that when the matterial is not mentioned,bronze is indicated by the Greeks. It's no more than that,an assumption. Thorax,and I think still toda in English the word is used for the same thing, means the arrea of the human breast. So breast plate would be the closest translation,if only for the word "plate" which indicates metal.
Khairete
Giannis