Linothorax
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The linothorax is a type of upper body armor that was used throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. The term linothorax is a modern term based on the Greek λινοθώραξ, which means "wearing a breastp
Achilles heals Patroclus, since he learned the arts of medicine from his tutor, Chiron. Both men are believed to be wearing linothoraxes.[citation needed] attic red-figure kylix, signed by Sosias, c. 500 BC, Antikensammlung Berlin (F 2278)
The Alexander Mosaic of Pompeii, depicting Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, wearing a linothorax
Painted depiction of a soldier wearing the linothorax, from the Tomb of Judgement in Mieza in Imathia, Greece, 4th/3rd century BC
Muscle cuirass
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In classical antiquity, the muscle cuirass, anatomical cuirass, or heroic cuirass is a type of cuirass made to fit the wearer's torso and designed to mimic an idealized male human physique. It first a
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…Kevlar Muscle cuirass University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: Linothorax Project at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 May 2020…
Greek bronze panoply with muscle cuirass from Southern Italy, 340–330 BC.
Muscle cuirasses on a vase from Apulia (c. 325 BC)
The Doryphoros of Polykleitos
Gorgoneion on an Athena Parthenos