152 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



But a cuirass with the neck-piece extending all 

 the way round has been found at Grenoble 

 (Baumeister, p. 2044), and is represented on the 

 coin which serves as the tail- piece to Chapter I 

 (p. 19). It is probable that this piece was an 

 Eastern device, suggested to Xenophon during his 

 campaign in Persia, and not generally adopted in 

 Greece. 



61. (Page 66.) It is impossible to say what 

 Xenophon meant by a Boeotian helmet. There 

 were two principal types of Greek helmets, — the 

 Corinthian and the Attic, to be seen on the head 

 of Athene on the coins of Corinth and Athens 

 respectively. The Corinthian, having a nose-piece 

 and immovable cheek-pieces, was the more com- 

 plete protection. The Athenian generally had 

 cheek-pieces, always movable, however, so that 

 they could be turned up, leaving the face free. 

 These do not always appear on the coins. Both 

 helmets protected the nape of the neck. But as 

 Xenophon has provided for the protection of the 

 throat by a special piece rising from the cuirass, 

 he can scarcely mean the Corinthian helmet which 

 covers this part pretty effectually ; and his descrip- 

 tion would conform even less closely to the Attic 

 type. 



62. (Page 66.) Examples (but not of Greek 

 origin) of this flexible piece of armour have been 



