greek armours

[Dan Howard]

Perhaps we need to look at the thickness of actual metal cuirasses and consider how much protection they were likely to give. I really don't think they can have been very thick when they were to be worn by infantry all day in Mediterranean heat.

It is pretty clear from the sources that armour was NOT worn all day. Hoplites left it to the last minute to don their armour and it was rare for one of these battles to last an hour.