Translations
The earliest translation into English is that by John Astley:
- The Art of Riding, set foorth in a breefe treatise, with a due interpretation of certeine places alledged out of Xenophon, and Gryson, very expert and excellent horsemen; wherein also the true vse of the hand by the said Grysons rules and precepts is speciallie touched ; and how the author of this present worke hath put the same in practise; also what profit men may reape thereby; without the knowledge whereof, all the residue of the art of riding is but vaine. Lastlie, is added a short discourse of the chaine or cauezzan, the trench, and the martingale: written by a gentleman of great skill and long experience in the said art London: Henrie Denham 1584
Others include:
- Berenger, Richard The history and art of horsemanship London: T. Davies and T. Cadell 1771 pp. 219–234 Full text
- (various translators) The whole works of Xenophon London: Jones & Co. 1832 pp. 717–728 Full text
- Morgan, Morris H. (trans.) The Art of Horsemanship by Xenophon Boston: Little, Brown 1893 pp. 13–68 Full text
- Nyland, Ann (trans.) The art of horsemanship: Xenophon and other classical writers : Create Space, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4505-5483-1
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—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 18:7.
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