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Horses of Cyrenaica: breeding and charioteers in the Greek and Roman periods (literary, epigraphical and visual data)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2023

Muna H. H. Abdelhamed
Muna H. H. Abdelhamed*
Affiliation:
Madani Schools Federation, Leicester, UK
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Corresponding author: Muna H. H. Abdelhamed, email: munaharoun233@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Our knowledge about Cyrenaican horses during the Greek and Roman periods is mainly derived from ancient literary sources. They tell us that horses were bred with distinctive skills in this region and report interesting stories highlighting the participation of Cyrenaican horses in athletic games. The literary data suggests Cyrene is a horse-breeding centre and this paper examines whether these assertions represent a reality, or simply a convention. This study investigates and analyses other locally related archaeological data, including epigraphy documents published by the digital corpora of IGCyr and IRCyr. Although most of the inscriptions in these corpora are published, little attention has been given to horses. The adapted approach here aims to build up a picture about horses using local evidence, with a focus on the linguistic indications of equestrian practice at Cyrenaica and the use of horse-related terms in nomenclature. Interestingly, the regional textual and archaeological data provide us with a similar picture to that presented by the literary references regarding horse breeding in Cyrenaica, charioteer training and their contribution to overseas Greek and Roman sport.

إن معلوماتنا عن خيول كِيرِينَايكي، خلال الفترتين الإغريقية والرومانية، مُستمدة بشكل أساسي من المصادر الأدبية القديمة. إذ تُحدثنا بأن الخيول رُبِّـيت في هذا الإقليم بمهارات مميزة، كما نقلت لنا روايات شيقة تُلقي الضوء على مشاركتها الرائعة في الألعاب الرياضية. وتُظْهِرُ المصادر الأدبية مدينة كيريني، بشكل عام، على أنها كانت مركزًا لتربية الخيول . تعرض هذه الورقة المعلومات التي ورد ذكرها في المصادر الأدبية وتستقصي مدى دقتها التاريخية، وتهدف هذه الدراسة بشكل رئيس إلى فهم ما إذا كان القول بتميز خيول كِيرِينَايكي يمثل حقيقة أم أنه مجرد تقليد درجت هذه المصادر على ذكره . وقد قام هذا العمل على دراسة الأدلة الأثرية المحلية الأخرى ذات الصلة وتحليلها، بما في ذلك النقوش المنشورة من قبل وبالرغم من أن معظم النقوش، الموجودة في هاتين المجموعتين، دُرست ونُشرت في السابق، إلا أن التعرض للخيول كان قليلًا، ولذلك، .IGCyr و IRCyr المجموعتين الرقميتين فإن المنهجية المتبعة هنا تهدف إلى تكوين فكرة عن الخيول باستخدام الأدلة المحلية مع التركيز على المصطلحات اللغوية التي تظهر ممارسة الفروسية فس كيرينايكي والأسماء الشخصية المركبة من كلمتين إحداهما كلمة حصان في كِيرِينَايكي لتبيان نمطًا معينًا في التسمية المحلية. ومن المثير للاهتمام أن الأدلة الكتابية والأثرية المحلية تزودنا بصورة مماثلة لتلك التي قدمتها المصادر الأدبية القديمة فيما يتعلق بتربية الخيول في كِيرِينَايكي، وتدريب سائقي العربات ومشاركتهم المتميزة في السباقات الرياضة الإغريقية والرومانية خارج الإقليم .

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Libyan Studies , Volume 54 , November 2023 , pp. 22 - 36
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies

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