Note 333 — Chapter VIII
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These ornaments of horse-trappings vividly remind us of the famous passage in the Iliad IV., 141:
ὡς δ᾿ ὅτε τις τ᾿ ἐλέφαντα γυνὴ φοίνικι μιήνῃ Μῃονὶς ἠὲ Κάειρα παρήïον ἔμμεναι ἵππων· κεῖται δ᾿ ἐν θαλάμω, πολέες τέ μιν ἠρήσαντο ἱππῆες φορέειν· βασιλῆï δὲ κεῖται ἄγαλμα, ἀμφότερον, κόσμος θ᾿ ἵππω, ἐλατῆρί τε κῦδος· "As when some Carian or Mæonian maid With crimson dye the ivory stains, designed To be the cheek-piece of a warrior's steed, By many a valiant horseman coveted, As in the house it lies, a monarch's boast, The horse adorning, and the horseman's pride." LORD DERBY.