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Equester

Ἵππιος). A title given to several deities, but especially to Poseidon and Neptune, who first created the horse, and in whose honour, therefore, horse-races were held (Pausan. v. 15, 4; Livy, i. 9).

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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 9
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