1 84 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



Page 159. , From an amphora illustrated and 

 described in the " Achtes Hallisches Winck- 

 elmannsprogramm," 1883. The vase is of the 

 middle of the third century b. c, was found at 

 Ruvi in Apulia, and is now in the Naples Museum. 

 I have taken from it only the figure of a Greek 

 warrior; in the rest of the picture an Eastern 

 king is escaping from him at full speed in a 

 chariot. It is thought that the painting, without 

 referring to any actual historical scene, symbolizes 

 the triumph of Alexander, as representing Greek 

 civilization, over Darius, as the representative of 

 the East. 



Tailpiece. A silver coin of King Pausanias of 

 Macedon, 390-389 b. c, from the " Catalogue 

 of Greek Coins in the British Museum," Macedo- 

 nia, p. 169. I have spoken above (note 72, p. 

 155) of the letter Koppa branded upon horses of 

 extraordinary value. On the hindquarter of this 

 horse is branded a caduceus, or staff of Hermes. 

 Other brands are mentioned in Daremberg et 

 Saglio, ii, p. 800. The inscription on this coin 

 gives the king's name. 



