66 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



rider's face when he pleases as far as the 

 nose. For a helmet the Boeotian ^' is the 

 best, in my opinion, since it most completely 

 protects all the parts that are above the 

 cuirass, without preventing you from seeing. 

 Let the cuirass be made so as not to hinder 

 sitting nor stooping. Round the belly, the 

 groin, and thereabouts, there should be 

 flaps of such material and number as to pro- 

 tect these parts. Since the horseman is dis- 

 abled if anything happens to his left arm, I 

 consequently recommend the newly invented 

 piece of armour called t/ie arm^'' It protects 

 the shoulder, the arm, the elbow, and the 

 part that holds the reins, and it can be ex- 

 tended or bent together; besides it covers 

 the gap left by the cuirass under the armpit. 



The right arm must of course be raised 

 whenever the rider wants to hurl his javelin 

 or to strike a blow. The part of the cuirass 

 that hinders this must therefore be removed, 

 and in its place flaps put on at the joints, 

 unfolding all together when the arm is raised 

 and closing when it is lowered. For the arm 

 itself, something worn like a greave^^ seems 

 to me better than to have it of a piece with 



