<Ul> <Li> In Book 23 of the Iliad, Homer writes "Hold your horses!" when referring to Antilochus driving like a maniac in a chariot race that Achilles initiates in the funeral games for Patroclus . </Li> <Li> During the noise of battle, a Roman soldier would hold his horses </Li> <Li> After the invention of gunpowder, the Chinese would have to hold their horses because of the noise </Li> </Ul> <Li> In Book 23 of the Iliad, Homer writes "Hold your horses!" when referring to Antilochus driving like a maniac in a chariot race that Achilles initiates in the funeral games for Patroclus . </Li> <Li> During the noise of battle, a Roman soldier would hold his horses </Li> <Li> After the invention of gunpowder, the Chinese would have to hold their horses because of the noise </Li>

Where did the saying hold your horses come from