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Definition of Chariot race
1. Noun. A race between ancient chariots.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chariot Race
Literary usage of Chariot race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"Ancient Greek Chariot-race. eons who designed to contend in these games were
obliged to repair to the public gymnasium at Klis ten month« before the ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He said, and high in indignation turn'd Tow'rd Ilion, springing swiftly, like
some steed That strains his strength in chariot-race, ..."
3. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"THE chariot race. [Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ. 1880.] AT length the recess
came to an end. The trumpeters blew a call at which the absentees rushed back ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"'>o. ^' account of its training men for actual service in war. 15. The chariot-race
with mules (от^ш), introduced in 01. 70; and 16. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... spectators in the seats, was this inscription: — TAKEN FROM THE PIRATES IN
THE GULF OF EURIPUS BY QUINTUS ARRIUS DUUMVIR THE chariot race From 'Ben-Hur. ..."
6. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"In no other writer is there a description, at once so vivid and so minute, of
the Greek chariot- race as this of Homer's; and it may be safely assumed that, ..."
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