On Horsemanship
by Xenophon
- First published
- 1962
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"On Horsemanship" by Xenophon is a treatise written around 355 BC. This ancient Greek guide offers practical wisdom on selecting, training, and caring for horses. Xenophon examines everything from evaluating a young colt's conformation to breaking horses with patience rather than punishment. His advice on soundness, temperament, and proper training methods reveals a remarkably humane approach that resonates with modern horsemanship principles, making this one of the earliest and most influential works on equestrian arts.
- Classical literature
- Horsemanship
- Horses
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #1176. On Horsemanship on Wikipedia.
