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HORSEPOWER AND DONKEYWORK: EQUIDS AND THE ANCIENT GREEK IMAGINATION.

The article presents the historical and zoological facts concerning horses, donkeys, and mules in Archaic and Classical Greece. The author has noted that there was sharp cultural distinction that was maintained between the noble horse and servile donkey, both in the actual uses to which each was put...

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Published in:Classical Philology Vol. 101; no. 4; pp. 307 - 359
Main Author: Griffith, Mark
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Oct2006
Subjects:
Working animals
Domestic animals
Horse training
Donkeys
Mules
Greece
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