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  2. Chariot racing - Wikipedia

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    In the ancient Olympic Games, and other Panhellenic Games, chariot racing was one of the most important equestrian events, and could be watched by unmarried women. Married women were banned from watching any Olympic events but a Spartan noblewoman is known to have trained horse-teams for the Olympics and won two races, one of them as driver.

  3. Euryleonis - Wikipedia

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    Representation of a chariot race on a clay hydria. Euryleonis (Ancient Greek: Ευρυλεωνίς) (Flourished c. 370 BC, Sparta, ancient Greece) was a celebrated woman, owner of a chariot-winner of Olympic games. Euryleonis was a horse breeder from Sparta whose horse chariot won the two horse chariot races of the Ancient Olympic Games in 368 ...

  4. Cynisca - Wikipedia

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    According to these ancient sources, Agesilaus supposedly viewed success in chariot racing as a victory without merit. As opposed to other events, where a man's bravery and virtue were the decisive factors, he believed that chariot racing only demonstrated wealth due to the lack of involvement on the part of the horses' owner.

  5. Ancient Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia [1]), or the ancient Olympics, ... The chariot races also saw the first woman to win an ...

  6. Hippodrome of Olympia - Wikipedia

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    The Hippodrome of Olympia housed the equestrian contests (horse racing and chariot racing) of the Ancient Olympic Games.According to Pausanias, [1] it was situated to the south of the Stadium and covered a large area four stadia (780 meters) long and one stade four plethora (220 meters) wide.

  7. List of ancient Olympic victors - Wikipedia

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    A papyrus list of Olympic victors, 3rd century A.D., British Library The current list of ancient Olympic victors contains all of the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent disbandment in 393 by Roman emperor Theodosius I.

  8. 125 Olympics Trivia Questions and Answers to Test Your ...

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    Question: The Olympic torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring which goddess? Answer ... even though he fell out of his chariot? Answer: Nero. 40.

  9. Cimon Coalemos - Wikipedia

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    Cimon was a well-known chariot race organizer, winning three consecutive times the chariot race, one of the most important competitions of the Ancient Olympic Games. In fact, the renown of the victory in the chariot race was given to the organizer of the team, who was funding the chariot, breeding the horses and hiring the charioteer. [3]