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>the exact word "linothorax":
>the highlighted word linothorex
Is this not the term I mentioned earlier, which scholars have interpreted as Ajax being "linen-breasted"?
I know we are splitting hairs and being super pedantic about this, and that Homer was probably referring to the armour that we are more familiar with from the archaic and classical periods, but the facts are that Homer isn't history, and that this sort of armour is not actually corroborated in the archeological record of the Mycenaean period, no is it mentioned in unambiguous terms in Mycenaean era literary records.
This means that, even though we may wish Homer to infallible, and that chances are something like Linothorax was probably around, we do not know with 100% certainty that they used armor in that form in that time period. This is what I said in my post.
What I didn't say, was anything to the effect that
>Linothorax wasn't real
I never say anything to this effect
>Never ever mentioned
I wrote that the first proper direct mention comes from the 6ths century BC
>Don't actually know what it was
I never anywhere disputed that it was armour made out of linen, I only stated that as the details of its manufacture are attested-- I am unaware of any descriptions detailing the manufacturing process for it, and as we do not have the genuine article from the archeological record-- we cannot know its exact construction with absolute certainty, even if we can make educated guesses-- one of which I even mentioned, assuming it was of quilted construction like a sort of gambeson
>Don't know what it looked like
Again, something I never even mentioned. Its depicted on a lot of Greek art starting from the Archaic period onwards
I really appreciate that you brought in the at the actual Homeric Greek for this discussion, and am glad you did, but Anon you are complete fucking double-nigger for trying to put the words of whatever irrelevant gay swordtuber you have hate for into my mouth.
