奧德修斯和他的部下實際穿戴的盔甲由亞麻布製成，層層疊疊，粘合在一起，形成一個堅硬的外殼，包裹著軀幹和肩膀。希臘人稱之為「亞麻胸甲」（linothorax），幾個世紀以來，它一直是重裝步兵、騎兵和國王的標準裝備。亞歷山大大帝在高加米拉戰役中也穿著它。.......Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1549)
奧德修斯和他的部下實際穿戴的盔甲與好萊塢電影裡那些光鮮亮麗的青銅胸甲截然不同。
它由亞麻布製成，層層疊疊，粘合在一起，形成一個堅硬的外殼，包裹著軀幹和肩膀。希臘人稱之為「亞麻胸甲」（linothorax），幾個世紀以來，它一直是重裝步兵、騎兵和國王的標準裝備。亞歷山大大帝在高加米拉戰役中也穿著它。
它的製作方法非常簡單，現代研究人員已經能夠復原。取上等亞麻布，用動物膠或麵粉糊粘合，壓製成約半英寸厚的硬質板，然後在晾乾的過程中將其塑形貼合身體。最後得到的盔甲輕盈透氣，而且出乎意料地堅韌。
The armor Odysseus and his men actually wore looked nothing like the polished bronze breastplates Hollywood keeps handing them.
It was made of linen. Layers and layers of it, glued together into a stiff shell that wrapped the torso and shoulders. The Greeks called it the linothorax, and it was standard kit for hoplites, cavalry, and kings for centuries. Alexander the Great wore one at Gaugamela.
The recipe was simple enough that modern researchers have rebuilt it. Take fine linen, laminate it with animal glue or a flour-based paste, press it into a rigid panel about half an inch thick, then shape it around the body while it dries. What you get is light, breathable, and surprisingly tough.
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Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1549)
