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...
| Published in: | Classical Philology Vol. 101; no. 4; pp. 307 - 359 |
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University of Chicago Press
Oct2006
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| Summary: | 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 and in literary and visual representations of them. Information about the process of training, adorning, and publicly presenting a high-quality horse is discussed. |
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