The Chariot Race
event · 3 works · 3 mentions · 7 anchored passages
chariot contest · chariot race · horsemen hard set · the chariot · the contests · the games
spoken of as
1 expressionChariot race“shield scene”2 mentions
Shield of Heracles (Greek) · Iliad (Greek)
The charioteers standing on their well-woven cars, urged on their swift horses with loose rein;
in the texts
The Erotic Essay
A specific equestrian chariot race in which Epicrates competed and won, narrated in detail as proof of his courage and skill.
Were I to describe all the contests an unseemly length would perhaps accrue to this essay, but by recalling a single example in which you especially distinguished yourself I shall demonstrate the same truth and be found to make a more reasonable use of the patience of my hearers.
I hesitate to begin treating this topic for fear words may fail me in the description of what took place on that occasion, but nevertheless I shall not pass it over;
What is more, you caused such a revolution in men’s minds that, though many keep insisting that nothing in equestrian contests affords such delight as a crash, and seem to speak the truth, in your case all the spectators, on the contrary, were afraid that some such accident might befall you.
Shield of Heracles
An unending chariot race, contested for a golden tripod prize, depicted as one of the shield's engraved scenes.
The charioteers standing on their well-woven cars, urged on their swift horses with loose rein;
Iliad
The first funeral-game contest, in which Diomedes wins after Athena's aid and Antilokhos's craft nearly bests Menelaos.
"Son of Atreus, and all other Achaeans, these are the prizes that lie waiting the winners in the contest [ agôn] of the chariot races.
The first prize he offered was for the chariot races - a woman skilled in all useful arts, and a three-legged cauldron that had ears for handles, and would hold twenty-two measures.
Thus spoke the son of Peleus and the drivers of chariots bestirred themselves.