176 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



Southern Italy. The scene represents a contest 

 at the Panathenaic festival. This contest is re- 

 ferred to in an Attic inscription of the first part 

 of the fourth century (C. I. A., ii, 965). A shield 

 was set up, and at it riders hurled the javelin while 

 passing at full gallop. In our picture the first 

 rider has alre-ady thrown his javelin, which has 

 broken against the shield and lies on the ground ; 

 the rider is soothing his horse by the means 

 employed also on the Parthenon frieze (see the 

 end of note 46, p. 143). The second rider is 

 about to hurl his javeHn, and the winged figures 

 above with crown and fillets indicate that he is to 

 be the winner. This game originated at Argos, 

 at the festival of Hera ; and the shield went to the 

 winner (Pindar, Ol. 7, 8^ ; Nem. 10, 22 ; Hyginus, 

 170, 273). On the bits, see p. 146. 



Page 50. A bit found on the Acropolis of 

 Athens, fully described in note 53, p. 145. 



Page 51. Bronze statuette found at Hercula- 

 neum in 1761. From an engraving in Duruy's 

 " Histoire des Grecs," iii, p. 233, where it is taken 

 from a photograph. It is also given, in outline, in 

 the Museo Borbonico, iii, tav. 27. Now in the 

 Naples Museum. Save in the mane and tail, this 

 horse corresponds closely to the description of 

 Simon (p. 107 ff.). 



Page 54. A silver coin of Larissa, in Thessaly; 

 from the " Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preus- 



