"Linothorax - Linen or leather?" Topic

I have been doing some research as I get ready to paint some Macedonians. I came across a video from the charmingly eccentric Lindybeige, where he suggests that it was made of leather not linen (due to cost, availability of materials, etc.) – which made some sense.
Also, I think leather would hold up in weather (& sweat) much better than glued linen.
I believe there are few examples in existence. Is the current belief linen or leather? Both? Could be either depending upon wealth of wearer?

In the end, I suppose it doesn't matter from a painting point of view, but I am curious.

I believe this is a long running question.

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Re enactors lead the way.

I have always suspected that cuirasses of that pattern were made both from linen and from leather. There's a lovely leather one covered with scales from a Thracian tomb at Golyamata Mogila -

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Those links are very informative. Thank you!

Here is a fun link for making your own "Thorax lineos" out of cloth:

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One thing I haven't seen a re-enactor do is walk over a range of mountains in the snow and wet and see how long the armor lasts. But wear and tear happens to every army, like Sir John Moore's army in Spain in retreat in harsh conditions arriving to be evacuated with tattered clothes or shoes. I reckon the Greek army needed to have a glue pot handy, like when we go to convention and figures bust off their bases.