The Art of Horsemanship: Xenophon and other classical writers. Review

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(More customer reviews)This was a pleasant surprise for me, I was looking forward to this book because I love greece, horses, military history, greek mythology and philosophy but I never thought I would find useful advice on horses for me. I mean how could Xenophon who lived in 430bc relate to me and my horses today?
If you love horses, if you are buying a horse and if you want to get the most from your horse without a fight... if a willing horse is your goal then you'll want to read this.
Certainly this book has brought me back to the wonder of greece.. to Socrates and Athens, it makes me want to go back again to see Xenophons Greece.
A horseman would be better to read Dr. Nylands review vs. reading most of the horsemanship books today... its an easy read and it all applies to your horses today. Xenophon and Dr. Nyland have me listening to my barefooted horses foot falls to hear the sound of a good foundation and a good foot.
I had to chuckle over the fact that so many people have come to our adoption program to adopt a horse and wanted 'a certain color'... oh boy, they really need to read the section on selecting a horse and how many people have I seen try to force a horse to do what they want. Xenophon knew how to bring out the best in a horse and it wasn't by force. We have so much to learn today. Dr. Nyland's Xenophon is a great place to start for any horseman.

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Xenophon was an ancient Greek soldier who lived from around 430-354 BC. His "Art of Horsemanship" is his work on selecting and educating horses. It was not the first work of its kind, an earlier being that by Simon of Athens. This book also includes excerpts by Aristotle, Columella, Diogenes Laertius, Herodotos, Juvenal, Livy, Pliny the Elder, Simon of Athens, Suetonius, Theomnestus, Virgil, (and two of Xenophon's other works mentioning horsemanship,) which are relevant to Xenophon's The Art of Horsemanship. This is a NEW English translation by Dr A. Nyland.

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