chariot race

Examples

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• The reason to see Ben-Hur is for the chariot race.

  Blog text (10)

• Drawings found in Thracian tombs 30 miles away depict chariot races, which used a smaller, sleeker kind of vehicle, during the fourth and fifth centuries B.C.

  Academic text (2007)

• Get ready for the chariot race, kids.

  Hooper (1978)

• The chariot race is coming up, kid.

  Hooper (1978)

• Let's go downtown and watch the chariot races.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Events ranged from simple horse racing to two and four horse chariot races to mule cart racing.

• And of course, the chariot races in Constantinople were supposed to be a step forward from the excesses of the gladiators' arena in Rome.

  Blog text (5)

• The city was also famous for its horses, and the poet Pindar praised Arkesilaos, "king of Cyrene with its fine horses," for his victory in a chariot race in 462 B.C.

  Academic text (2005)

• The ancient stadium was filled with excited spectators eager to watch the chariot race.

• In ancient Rome, a victorious driver in a chariot race was celebrated like a modern sports champion.

Synonyms

R

race

vschariot race

∞ 1.0

A contest to see who is fastest or finishes first

is a specific ancient sport with animal-drawn two-wheeled vehicles

H

horse race

vschariot race

23 1.6

An event where people ride or drive horses to see which is fastest

is the ancient sport using animal-drawn two-wheeled vehicles rather than ridden contests

H

harness race

vschariot race

• Jargon

6.3

A horse race where a driver rides a small two-wheeled cart pulled by horses that trot or pace

is an ancient sport with animal-drawn two-wheeled war vehicles in antiquity

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology