09-18-2007, 01:08 AM
Quote:Homer mentions three aristocrats wearing linen armour.
Ah, but with metal plates or without? There is no way to know.
By the way, I have often heard of the fragments of layered linen recovered, but never seen them. Do you know what the original reference is? Was there enough recovered to know if the armor was reinforced with metal?
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"