Chariot Racing

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Chariot Racing
By Brian Potter
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Overview of what is to come
Racing
Olympic Games
Amphitheatres
Early Chariot Racing
Prizes
Uniforms
Chariot Styles
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Chariot Styles

• Chariots drawn by four horses, called Tethrippon
  in Greek
• Chariots Drawn by two horses, called Synoris
• Apene
• Apobates
• The Chariots were made of wood
• Even the Wheels

Tethrippon
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Uniforms

• Charioteers wore uniforms
• Did not compete naked
• Uniforms protected body only to
• a certain extent

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Amphitheaters

• Cities pride themselves on their massive
  creations
• Some still stand today

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Racing

• The Turning Post
• Skill and Technique
• Rules

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Early Chariot Racing

• No real evidence to show when the sport started
• First recorded evidence was described by Homer in
  Book 23 of the Iliad

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Olympic Games

• Race was begun by procession in to Hippodrome
• The starting gate
• The Eagle and Dolphin
• Victory

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Prizes

• Women
• Substantial Prizes
• The word Athlete

This is a picture of a victor with one of the
prizes that were given to the winners, a crown
made from olive leaves
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