136 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



31. (Page 35.) Xenophon says '-'left;" the 

 Greeks had no technical terms Hke our " near " 

 and ''off." 



32. (Page ;^6.) The strap which goes over the 

 ■crest back of the ears. 



33. (Page 36.) The word used by Xenophon 

 means properly ''net." It is applied to the whole 

 upper part of the bridle with its different straps. 

 The cheek-straps, the headpiece, with the straps 

 running from this, beside the ears, to the front, 

 and often joining a strap which ran down the 

 middle of the face, all formed a sort of network. 



34. (Page ^6.) When a leading-rein or halter 

 was attached to the bridle (see note ^S), this 

 caution would not be necessary ; for such a rein 

 was fastened to the nose-band or chin-strap, and 

 hence, if it had any pull at all on the jaws, it 

 pulled on both alike. Xenophon means that in 

 the absence of such a halter ^o^/i the bridle- 

 reins must be grasped at once. 



35. (Page 37.) By this method the helper took 

 the foot or knee of the rider in his hand, and so 

 raised him. It is recommended for the elder men 

 in the cavalry by Xenophon in his treatise on the 

 "General of Horse," i, 17. It was the privilege 

 of Tiribazus, Satrap of Armenia, when he was at 

 court, to mount the King of Persia in this fashion 



