Perry, Walter Copland: Greek and Roman sculpture: a popular introduction to the history of Greek and Roman sculpture (London, 1882)

STATUE OF CYNISCA THE OLYMPIAN VICTOR. 367

praying; but his principal work was an iconic statue of Cynisca,
daughter of Archidamus, and sister of Agesilaus, ' the first woman,'
according to Pausanias,1 who employed herself in breeding horses,
and carried off the Olympic palm. A heroum was erected in her
honour at Sparta, near the gymnasium, called HXaravia-rds (grove of
plane trees).

1 vL 1. 6. Ibid, iii. 8. 1; 15. 1.