Thorax (disambiguation)
# Thorax (disambiguation)

The thorax is the human chest, or division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.

Thorax may also refer to:

* The thorax in arthropods, see Thorax (arthropod anatomy)
* Thorax (θώραξ), the Ancient Greek term for cuirass/breastplate
   * Linothorax, Ancient Greek armour composed of linen
   * Thorakitai, Hellenistic soldiers equipped with mail
* Thorax porcellana, a species of cockroach

## People

* Thorax of Larissa, an ancient Greek noble of the 5th century BC
* Thorax of Lacedaemonia, a Lacedaemonian commander of the late 5th/early 4th century BC
* Thorax, who commissioned the 10th Pythian Ode of Pindar, in which the names of Thorax and his lover Hippocleas are immortalized

## Journal

* Thorax (journal). medical journal

## Geography

* Thorax (Aetolia), a town of ancient Aetolia, Greece
