PREFACE. 



Among technical treatises, that of Xeno- 

 phon on Horsemanship is almost unique in 

 one particular. Even after more than twenty- 

 three centuries it is still, in the main, a 

 sound and excellent guide for so much of the 

 field as it covers. This fact, together with 

 the simple and delightful manner in which 

 the subject is treated, has led me to think 

 that some who are not able or do not care 

 to approach the book in the original Greek, 

 might like to read a translation of the earli- 

 est known work on the horse and how to 

 ride him. To be sure, there have already 

 been versions in English ; but these seem to 

 me, and have seemed to others, unsatisfactory. 



My translation is made from the Greek 

 text of Dindorf's Oxford edition. Two 

 well-known special editions of the treatise I 



