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The word chariot itself is derived from the Norman French charriote and shares a Celtic root (Gaulish: karros). Some 20 iron-aged chariot burials have been excavated in Britain, roughly dating from between 500 BC and 100 BC. Virtually all of them were found in East Yorkshire – the exception was a find in 2001 in Newbridge, 10 km west of ...
"Chariot", a fictional character from the anime series and video game Black Rock Shooter "Chariot", a piece in Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Chariot (Australia), Internet service provider; Chariot (Chinese constellation), one of the twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese zodiac; Chariot (company), a San Francisco-based commuter shuttle provider
Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include Bubbles, Wheeler Walker, Jr. and the stand-up persona of Bob Saget: Grande dame: French for "great lady"; a haughty, flamboyant and elegant woman, prone to extravagant and eccentric fashion. She is usually a stereotype of an elderly high society socialite. [44] [45] [46] [47]
Charioteer of Delphi, The life-size (1.8m) bronze statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi; Charioteer (tank), a post-Second World War British tank; Operation Charioteer, a series of U.S. nuclear tests; The Charioteer, a novel by Mary Renault; The Charioteers, an American gospel and pop vocal group from ...
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
In the Stri Parva of the Mahabharata, Vidura explains the concept of samsara to his grieving brother Dhritarashtra by offering the metaphor of a chariot and a charioteer. [4] The body of creatures is a chariot; sattva they call the charioteer; the senses, they call horses; the mental organ of action (karmabuddhi) is the reins.
The Chariot Upright Meaning. Distractions are abundant, especially in today’s mile-a-minute world. But if you want something badly enough (and from the looks of it, you do) then you need to get ...
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