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Treatise by Xenophon

Hipparchicus Author Xenophon Original title Ἱππαρχικός Language Ancient Greek Publication place Athens Original text Ἱππαρχικός at Greek Wikisource Translation Hipparchicus at Perseus written: circa 350 BC first printed edition: Filippo Giunti, 1516 first printing in England: Clarendon Press, 1693

***Hipparchicus*** (*Ἱππαρχικός*, *Hipparchikós*) is one of the two treatises on [horsemanship](/source/Horsemanship) by the Athenian historian and soldier [Xenophon](/source/Xenophon) (circa 430 – 354 BC). Other common titles for this work include *The cavalry commander* and *The cavalry general*. The other work by Xenophon on horsemanship is *Περὶ ἱππικῆς*, *Perì hippikēs*, usually translated as *[On horsemanship](/source/On_horsemanship)*, *De equis alendis* or *The Art of Horsemanship*. The title *De re equestri* may refer to either one of the two works. *Hipparchicus* deals mainly with the duties of the [cavalry](/source/Cavalry) commander (*[hipparchus](/source/Hipparchus_(cavalry_officer))*), while *On horsemanship* deals with the selection, care and training of [horses](/source/Horse) in general.

## History

The treatises of Xenophon were written in about 350 BC, and were considered the earliest extant works on [horsemanship](/source/Horsemanship) in any literature until the publication by [Bedřich Hrozný](/source/Bed%C5%99ich_Hrozn%C3%BD) in 1931 of a [Hittite](/source/Hittites) text, that by [Kikkuli](/source/Kikkuli) of the [Mitanni](/source/Mitanni) Kingdom,[1]: 457 which dates from about 1360 BC. A treatise on horsemanship by [Pliny the Elder](/source/Pliny_the_Elder) is believed lost, as was that by [Simon of Athens](/source/Simon_of_Athens), which is twice mentioned by Xenophon in *On horsemanship*.[2]: 2 Some fragments of Simon's treatise survive, however;[3] they were published by [Franz Rühl](/source/Franz_R%C3%BChl) in 1912.[4][5]: 4

## Early editions

The first printed edition of *Hipparchicus* is that in the complete edition of Xenophon of 1516 from the [Giunti](/source/Filippo_Giunti) press:[6]

- *Begin. Ταδε ̓ενεστιν ̓εν τͅηδε τͅη βιβλͅω· Ξενοφωντος Κυρου Παιδειας βιβλια ηʹ ... Hæc in hoc libro continentur. X. Cyri pedias libri VIII. Anabaseos libri VII.; ... apomnemoneumaton; ... venatoria; ... de re equestri; ... de equis alendis; lacedæmonum resp.; ... atheniensium resp.; ... œconomica; ... hieron.; ... symposium; ... de græcorum gestis libri VII.* [With dedication by E. Boninus] ([editio princeps](/source/Editio_princeps)). Florentiæ: In ædibus P. Juntæ, 1516

The earliest printing in Greek in England may be:[7]: 607

- *Ξ. Λογος περι Ἱππικης. Ἱππαρχικος. Κυνηγετικος. Accessere veterum testimonia de X.* (Edited by H. Aldrich.)*Ἐκ Θεατρου ἐν Ὀξονιᾳ, ᾳχζγ* [Oxford: Clarendon Press 1693].

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sarton_1-0)** George Sarton (1993). [*Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VcoGIKlHuZcC) (facsimile of 1952 edition). Courier Dover Publications.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-berenger_2-0)** Richard Berenger (1771). [*The History and Art of Horsemanship*](https://books.google.com/books?id=54MPAAAAIAAJ). London: T. Davies and T. Cadell.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sestili_3-0)** Antonio Sestili (2006). *L'equitazione nella Grecia antica: i trattati equestri di Senofonte e i frammenti di Simone* (in Italian). Scandicci (Firenze): Firenze Atheneum. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788872552933](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788872552933).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ruehl_4-0)** Franz Ruehl (1910, 1912). *Xenophontis Scripta Minora. Fasciculus prior, Oeconomicum, Convivium, Hieronem, Agesilaum, Apologiam Socratis continens. Post Ludovicum Dindorf edidit Th. Thalheim; Fasciculus posterior opuscula politica, equestria, venatica continens ... Edidit F. Ruehl. Accedunt Simonis De re equestri quae supersunt* (2 volumes, in Latin and Ancient Greek). Leipzig: Teubner.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mccabe_5-0)** Anne Elena McCabe (2007). [*A Byzantine encyclopaedia of horse medicine: the sources, compilation, and transmission of the Hippiatrica*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lrqpFCBfmbgC). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780199277551](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780199277551).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bandini_6-0)** Angelo Maria Bandini (1791). [*De Florentina luntarum typographia eiusque censoribus ex qua Graeci, Latini, Tusci scriptores ope codicum manuscriptorum a viris clarissimis pristinae integritati restituti in lucem prodierunt; Accedunt excerpta uberrima praefationum libris singulis praemissarum*](https://books.google.com/books?id=M-8UAAAAQAAJ) (in Latin). Lucae: Franciscus Bonsignorus.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-brunet1820_7-0)** Jacques-Charles Brunet (1820). [*Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres*](https://books.google.com/books?id=oE_Go36V51oC) (in French). Paris: L'Auteur.

## Translations

Translations include:

- (various translators) *The whole works of Xenophon* London: Jones & Co. 1832, pp. 717–728 ([full text](https://books.google.com/books?id=XfIERBH4_Z4C))

v t e Works by Xenophon Historical and biographical works Anabasis Cyropaedia Hellenica Agesilaus Constitution of the Lacedaemonians Socratic works and dialogues Memorabilia Oeconomicus Symposium Apology Hiero Short treatises On Horsemanship Hipparchicus Cynegeticus Ways and Means Falsely attributed to Xenophon Constitution of the Athenians ('Old Oligarch')

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