How to Make Your Own Greek Armor

New Yorker (blog)How to Make Your Own Greek ArmorNew Yorker (blog)Intellectual life thrives on mystery. When it comes to ancient Greece, one of those mysteries is the linothorax—the flimsy-looking, hip-length armor that you see warriors wearing on Greek vases. (Linothorax means, literally, “linen chest.”) Why go to ...

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