Linothorax vs Quilted linen vs spolas

[Kineas]

All of this can be found on other threads.

Herodotus mentions the linen thorax for barbarians--Lydians, I think--and Egyptians. That's it. And frankly, if Greeks had ever worn them, Herodotus wouldn't have mentioned them as an oddity. (Open to debate, I freely admit)

Color reconstructions of the so-called "linothorax" (I attach one) show them as leather or bronze colored.



There's debate about the tone of the yellow in the thorax, but none about the color itself--yellow. Not white. This color can represent vegetable dyed leather or bronze, I suspect.

I invite all supporters of the "linothorax" to go to the Perseus Project website and search the word "linothorax" in Greek or in English against the entire database of Classical literature. It's an eye-opening experience.

To me--just my opinion--this is a prime example of how excellent secondary sources (I'm a big fan of the Osprey books) can get something wrong and then pollute scholarship with it. It's like the media effect... So I apologize if I seem shrill on the subject.