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HIPPODROME (Gr. irrbSpo,uos, from irros, horse, and Spoµos, racecourse)

HIPPODROME (Gr. irrbSpo,uos, from irros, See also:
HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)
horse, and Spoµos, racecourse) , the course provided by the Greeks for horse and See also:

CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

chariot racing; it corresponded to the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus, except that in the latter only four chariots ran at a See also:

time, whereas ten or more contended in the See also:

Greek See also:

GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, so that the width was far greater, being about 400 ft., the cource being 600 to 700 ft. See also:

long. The Greek hippodrome was usually set out on the slope of a See also:

hill, and the ground taken from one See also:

side served to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

EMBANKMENT

embankment on the other side. One end of the hippodrome was semicircular, and the other end square with an extensive See also:

PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico, in front of which, at a See also:

LOWER

lower level, were the stalls for the horses and chariots. The See also:

MODERN

modern hippodrome is more for equestrian and other displays than for horse racing. The Hippodrome in See also:

Paris somewhat resembles the Roman See also:

AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre, being open in the centre to the See also:

SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky, with seats See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round on rising levels.

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