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ἀναβιβάσας. Helbig (Les Ἱππεῖς Athéniens, p. 191) thinks the phrase indicates that the young men were serving as mounted hoplites, not as cavalry; he thinks (p. 231 seq.) Athens had no real cavalry till the period 478-457 B. C.

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