CONTENTS 



PART I 



FROM VERY EARLY TIMES TO THE CONQUEST 

 CHAPTER I 



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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" ; 

 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 . I 



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 



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