Recreating a Greek Cavalryman

[hoplite14gr]

Mainland Greece was not considered a rich place. Also horsese were rarer and more expensive than other places.
Yet colonist cavalry especialy in the western colonies seemed to have been well armored both horse and rider.
We can not also exclude the possibility that colonist cavalrymen in Crimea had not adopted Skythian armor details.
The horsemen in the images can be interpreted as being armored as the early Archaic hoplites who had hand and thigh protection in addtion to their cuirrass and grieves. In my opinion Xenophon is advocating reintroduction of older practices.

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