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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Learn about the events held at the hippodrome.&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;tabber&gt; |-|The Lageion= <a href="/wiki/File:DTAE_Lageion_Serapeum.png" title="File:DTAE Lageion Serapeum.png">thumb|250px|Lageion Serapeum / 2012 / Jean-Claude Golvin</a> The...&quot;</p> <p><b>Páàjì titun</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Learn about the events held at the hippodrome.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> &lt;tabber&gt;<br /> |-|The Lageion=<br /> [[File:DTAE_Lageion_Serapeum.png|thumb|250px|Lageion Serapeum / 2012 / Jean-Claude Golvin]]<br /> The main hippodrome of the city was called the [[Lageion Hippodrome|Lageion]], in honor of [[Ptolemy I Soter|Lagos]], the ancestor of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemies]].<br /> <br /> [[Alexandria]]ns were great lovers of horse racing. They were fascinated by the rivalry of these races, the agôn as it was said at that time, that every competition brought.<br /> <br /> It was a struggle for glory.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> |-|The Tethrippon=<br /> [[File:DTAE_Campana.png|thumb|250px|Relief known as a campana: circus scenes, quadriga race / Roman Empire]]<br /> The most important [[chariot]] race was the tethrippon. Using four [[horse]]s, with the quickest harnessed to the front right, the charioteer would race for twelve laps, with sharp turns at either end of the hippodrome.<br /> <br /> The victors were crowned with garlands of olive and received prize money, but the most sought-after reward was to be acelaimed by the works of poets such as [[Kallimachos]] and [[Pindar]].<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> |-|Drama &amp; Glory=<br /> [[File:DTAE_Vase_-_Chariot_Winner.png|thumb|250px|The winner of a chariot race / Pre-Classic Period]]<br /> “Ye hymns that rule the lyre! What god, what hero, aye, and what man shall we loudly praise?<br /> Verily [[Zeus]] is the lord of Pisa; and Heracles established the Olympic festival, [...) while Thêrôn must be proclaimed by reason of his victorious chariot with its four horses, Thêrôn who is just in his regard for guests, and who is the bulwark of Acragas, the choicest flower of an auspicious line of sires, whose city towers on high, (...) bringing wealth and glory to crown their native merits.”<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> &lt;/tabber&gt;<br /> [[Category:Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]</div>

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