Wednesday, December 29, 2010
A Greek Statue..
.. in the Delphi Archaeological Museum depicts a male (verified by the clothing) riding this horse aside. At this angle there does not seem to be a saddle on the horse though. I have searched the Internet for more about this specific piece and come up empty.. but thought it was too interesting not to share it with you!
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Well, you know what they say..If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle! LOL!
Ha ha - that was a good one SS girl!!!
*grin* no kidding! I know that the Romans rode without saddles and were nekked beneath that lil' skirt. Can you imagine?! If they ever rode with saddles, they typically rode astride, but without stirrups.
I believe he was probably practicing valting.
Very cool statue, too bad there isn't more. So would it be logical to say men in kilts would also ride aside?
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