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[Agora Publication] AgoraPicBk 24 (1998): Horses and Horsemanship in the Athenian Agora

Camp, J ... The American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This concise and beautifully illustrated book demonstrates the many roles played by the horse in the lives of the Greeks, from its place in myth and early history to its significance as a marker of social ... 1998 ... As well as presenting many examples of horse imagery found in the Agora, the author reports on recent finds near the ancient hipparcheion, the stables of the Athenian cavalry.