Thursday, 11 June 2015

A named horse at Pharsalos

Arist.Pol.1262a 21-24:
εἰσὶ δέ τινες καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων, οἷον ἵπποι καὶ βόες, αἳ σφόδρα πεφύκασιν ὅμοια ἀποδιδόναι τὰ τέκνα τοῖς γονεῦσιν, ὥσπερ ἡ ἐν Φαρσάλῳ κληθεῖσα Δικαία ἵππος.

On the subject of named horses: there was a Pyrwos at Corinth. P.Oxy. XIV 1772 and P.Mich. VIII 482 each include greetings to a horse.

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