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色诺芬作品集·马术 色诺芬 著 辽宁电子图书有限责任公司 色诺芬作品集·马术 色诺芬 编著 * 辽宁电子图书有限责任公司 责任编辑：郝刚 ※ 印张 1 2 千字 2002 年 12月第 1 版 2002 年 12 月第 1 次 印刷 印数 :__ ISBN L-YY-0188/D58 定价 2 元 On Horsemanship by Xenophon Translation by H. G. Dakyns 1 Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. On Horsemanship advises the reader on how to buy a good horse, and how to raise it to be either a war horse or show horse. Xenophon ends with some words on military equipment for a cavalryman. 2 ON HORSEMANSHIP I Claiming to have attained some proficiency in horsemanship[1] ourselves, as the result of long experience in the field, our wish is to explain, for the benefit of our younger friends, what we conceive to be the most correct method of dealing with horses. [1] Lit. Since, through the accident of having for a long time ridden ourselves, we believe we have become proficients in horsemanship, we wish to show to our younger friends how, as we conceive the matter, they will proceed most correctly in dealing with horses. {ippeuein} in the case of Xenophon = serve as a {ippeus}, whether technically as an Athenian knight or more particularly in re