Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 365
hip; atthe point was a bronze dolphin (c) on a rod, and in themiddle was a bronze eagle on an altar (b). These wereUsed to give a signal that the race had begun, Behind I he1 prow was a colonnade (<>, a). The first horses to he let 316 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS loose from their stalls… … At d and d were the turning was more than 400 feet long,posts, at e the goal, with the judges seats. One side of thehippodrome was a bank of earth, the other a low hill, andthe spectators seats were laid out on these. 390. Footrace. From an Attic ra.su (Panathenaic amphora) in the British…
Classical antiquities
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