l80 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



repousse gold ornament, here represented a little 

 more than half the size of the original, found in 

 Koul-Oba in the Crimea, now in St. Petersburg. 

 The scene represents a Scythian horseman hunting 

 a hare. On the bit, see p. 146. 



Page 107. From "Monuments Grecs publics 

 par I'association pour 1' encouragement des etudes 

 Grecques en France," Nos. 14-16, pi. 5, with a 

 long description. The vase, found at Vulci in 

 Etruria, is now in the Louvre, and was made in 

 Athens, probably about 450 b. c. Our picture, 

 which is painted on the inside of the cup, repre- 

 sents a young cavalryman with curled hair, 

 through which is passed a red fillet. He wears a 

 long mantle, richly made and of some rather stiff 

 material, instead of the usual short cloak (pp. 163, 

 171); his petasus (p. 163) is hanging at his back by 

 a cord which passes round his neck ; another cord 

 hanging on his shoulder served to keep the hat in 

 place when it was worn on the head. His boots 

 are of the usual cavalry pattern (p. 163), and he 

 carries two javelins (p. 162). The horse is decid- 

 edly ugly ; he is too thin and bony, and his head 

 is too long and narrow at the sides to satisfy a 

 Greek connoisseur. Yet the artist has not done 

 badly with the details of the anatomy, the muscles 

 of the back and hind quarters, the folds where the 

 fore legs are set on, and with the tail. The bridle 

 is merely indicated, but we can see how the bit 



