viii THE HORSE IN HISTORY 



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Chapter III continued 



ago Aristophanes ; Aristotle ; Athenians' fondness for 

 horse racing Alexander the Great ; Bucephalus Story 

 of Bucephalus ; his death Famous painters of horses : 

 Apelles, Pauson, Micon Mythical flesh-eating horses 

 of Diomed Hannibal's cavalry of 12,000 horse Coins 

 Posidonius ; horses of the Parthians, Iberians and 

 Celtiberians ': ys : : ; : .45 



CHAPTER IV 



Virgil on the points of a horse Caesar's invasion Abolition 

 of war chariots Precursor of the horseshoe Nero's 

 2000 mules shod with silver ; Poppsea's shod with gold 

 The Ossianic and Cuchulainn epic cycles ; Cuchu- 

 lainn's horses The Iceni on Newmarket Heath ; early 

 horse racing in Britain Horses immolated by the 

 Romans ; white horses as prognosticators Caligula's 

 horse, Incitatus ; Celer, the horse of Verus ; the horse 

 of Belisarius : ,1 ; i ' ' . t 67 



CHAPTER V 



Mahomet encourages horse-breeding Procopius ; a mis- 

 statement Early allusion to horse races Figures of 

 horses cut on cliffs Roland and his horse, Veillantiff 

 1 Orelia, Roderick's charger Trebizond, Alfana ; Odin's 

 mythical horse, Sleipnir Horse fighting in Iceland 

 Some horses of mythology : Pegasus, Selene, Xanthos, 

 Balios, Cyllaros, Arion, Reksh Arab pedigrees traced 

 through dams Influence of the horse upon history 

 Courage of Julius Caesar's horses . . . 86 



PART II 



FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE STUART PERIOD 



CHAPTER I 



The Conqueror's cavalry Horse fairs and races at Smith- 

 field King John's foolish fad The Persians and 



