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The Art of Horsemanship | 
 enlarge | Author: Xenophon
Creator: Morris H. Morgan
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 66445
Media: Paperback
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486447537
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.2
EAN: 9780486447537
ASIN: 0486447537
Publication Date: March 31, 2006
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Product Description
Among the earliest known works on choosing, caring for, and riding horses, this book is still hailed — 2,300 years after it was written — as one of the most complete, thoughtful, and accessible guides of its type. Morris H. Morgan's fluid translation features 38 illustrations of this classic's practical tips and enlightened observations.
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 Everyone that has a horse or rides should read this book, there is no substitute for good basics. January 6, 2009
Terry Peiper (Carlisle, PA USA)
There are no easy buttons with horses. Some of the things is this book can make a huge difference in your relationship with your horse. Time and patience are still best.
Xenophon's 350 BC manual on how to take care of a horse and look good riding one September 29, 2008
Howard Schulman (Providence, RI)
I had a good time reading through this reprint of Morris Morgan's 1893 translation of Xenophon's "The Art of Horsemanship" (350 BC). Unlike many of the other ancient Greek translations and authors, this one is very easy to read.
The text itself is fairly short and reads quickly, sprinkled with wisdom. After the text is another short portion from 1893, which talks about "The Greek Riding-Horse", based on Xenophon and all the other available sources. Additionally, the footnotes to the text are quite interesting--I read them, for the most part, en block after reading the text.
As the title implies, the text is a very hands-on, practical guide to "everything you need to know" about how to take care of and look good riding a horse, reading like a "Horsemanship for Dummies" book. If you're interested in Ancient Greece and horses, you've got to read this short "instruction manual", though if you're only interested in the ancients, it's still fun to breeze through this text, nevertheless.
Timeless Knowledge March 28, 2008
Dogs&Horses (Texas)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If more people took the time to educate themselves about horses and horsemanship in general and Xenophone's book in particular, perhaps we not see so many "show horses" of various popular breeds so physically manipulated by in breeding for only one or two specific traits rather than breeding for the whole horse. What was true in Ancient Greece is truer still today - without good feet, balance in the body and common sense a horse is worthless. Bravo to Amazon for bringing us this excellent book dirt cheap!
A fascinating study February 23, 2008
Jene Moseley (Silver City, NM)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The material in this book is thousands of years old but amazing in how modern the approach is to horsemanship. Most of Xenophon's advice is timely even today. It shows how little has changed over the centuries.
Xenophon - The Art of Horsemanship December 21, 2007
J. M. Halbout (New York, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a must if you are passionate about horses. It is so clear and to the essential point that it is a pleasure to read.
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