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|auten=[[breast]]-[[plate]], [[cuirass]], [[corselet]], Il. 11.19 ff. It [[was]] [[usually]] of [[bronze]], consisting of [[two]] plates, γύαλα. (See [[adjacent]] [[cut]], [[also]] [[cut]] No. 33.) The [[cuirass]] fitted [[closely]] to the [[body]], and [[was]] [[cut]] [[square]] [[off]] at the [[waist]]; the [[shoulder]]-pieces (see [[cut]]) were [[drawn]] [[down]] by [[small]] chains and fastened to buttons in [[front]]; the [[metal]] plates were united by clasps (see [[cut]] No. 19); the [[upper]] [[part]] of the thighs [[was]] protected by the [[μίτρη]], [[worn]] [[over]] the [[apron]], [[ζῶμα]], of [[leather]] or [[felt]], and by its [[metal]] flaps, πτέρυγες (Nos. 12, 33, 79), or plates (Nos. 3 and 33); [[over]] the [[θώρηξ]], [[μίτρη]], and [[ζῶμα]] [[was]] [[bound]] the [[ζωστήρ]] (No. 3), [[below]] [[which]] projected the [[lower]] [[end]] of the [[χιτών]] (Nos. 3, 19, 33; cf. [[λινοθώρηξ]] and [[χιτών]]). | |||
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