The Horse and the Proto_Greeks

The domestication of the horse took place in the Pontic-Caspian region around 4350 B.C. and as antler cheek pieces and scanning electron microscope analysis indicate, the horse at Dereivka was ridden about 4000 B.C. in the Ukranian steppe region. Because of its mobility and power, horse riding radically changed societies in this region. By the horse domestication and horse riding, the horse became one of the most important animals among the early Indo-Europeans. This concept was strongly maintained in Greece; the horse frequently appears in Greek mythodology and the horse is also preserved in the names of Greek mythological heroes.