Breastplates
object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
breastplates · breastplate
in the texts
Anabasis
Armor worn by the Persians following Ariaeus' party.
furthermore, they were followed by other Persians, armed with breastplates, to the number of three hundred.
Cyropaedia
Armor used by Cyrus to support close combat for horses and men.
For Cyrus had abolished skirmishing at a distance, had armed both horses and men with breastplates, had put a javelin into each man’s hand, and had introduced the method of fighting hand to hand.
Memorabilia
Armor whose excellence depends on protective usefulness and fit to the wearer's body.
Some, however, prefer to buy the ornamented and the gold-plated breastplates.
However, as the body is not rigid, but now bent, now straight, how can tight breastplates fit?
On visiting Pistias the armourer, who showed him some well-made breastplates, Socrates exclaimed: