Horsemanship
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
art of horsemanship · horseback · horsemanship · horsemen · horses · ride · riding
in the texts
Antidosis
The skill used to illustrate how absurd it would be for a city to punish its own characteristic excellence.
It would be as if the Lacedaemonians were to attempt to penalize men for training themselves in preparation for war, or as if the Thessalians saw fit to punish men for practicing the art of horsemanship.
Cyropaedia
A Median skill Cyrus lacks at first, learns eagerly, and uses in contests and dangerous hunts.
for in Persia, on account of its being difficult to breed horses and to practise horsemanship because it is a mountainous country, it was a very rare thing even to see a horse.
and he would at once take the lead, jumping up upon the horses to contend on horseback either in archery or in throwing the spear, although he was not yet a good rider, and when he was beaten he laughed at himself most heartily.
And as he did not shirk being beaten and take refuge in refusing to do that in which he was beaten, but persevered in attempting to do better next time, he speedily became the equal of his fellows in horsemanship and soon on account of his love for the sport he surpassed them;