The Horse In History

The Horse In History

Author: Tozer, Basil, 1872-1949

Year: 1908

CONTENTS PART I FROM VERY EARLY TIMES TO THE CONQUEST CHAPTER I Rameses ; early Egyptian chariots — Horses of Babylon and of Libya — Erichthonius ; horse of Job ; horses of Solomon — Early circus riding — Dancing horses of the Sybarites ; the Crotonians* stratagem — Homer's " Iliad w ; Menesthus ; early wagering — Patroclus ; Achilles ; Euphorbus ; Hyperenor — Horses and chariots of the Thracians — Ancient Greeks and horsemanship ; de- cline in the popularity of war chariots ; inauguration of cavalry — Xenophon on horsemanship — White horses . . . 1 CHAPTER II Increasing interest in horses — Herodotus; Thucydides ; war chariots of the Persians — Horses represented on coinage—Wooden horse of Troy — The Parthenon frieze ; Greek art — Plato; white horses — The procession of Xerxes; horses and men sacrificed — The horse of Darius — Horse racing introduced among the Romans — Xenophon and Simo — Early horseshoes, bits and bitting ; ancient methods of mounting . . . 23 CHAPTER III Xenophon disliked the " American " seat — Cavalry organised by the Athenians — Cost of horses twenty-three centuries ago — Aristophanes ; Aristotle ; Athenians' fondness for horse racing — Alexander the Great ;