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The hippodrome of ancient Olympia had a complex starting mechanism in order to avoid false starts. [1] The starting mechanism was designed by the statue maker Kleoitas and was later improved by Aristidis. According to Pausanias, the required energy for the movement of the mechanism came from the drop of a bronze dolphin and the rise of a bronze ...
Hippodrome is a term sometimes used for public entertainment venues of various types. A modern example is the Hippodrome which opened in London in 1900 "combining circus, hippodrome, and stage performances". [1] It is derived from the ancient Greek hippodromos (Greek: ἱππόδρομος), a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing.
The Stadium at Olympia (also called the Olympia Stadium or the Olympia Stadion) is an ancient stadium at the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece, is located to the east of the sanctuary of Zeus. It was the location of many of the sporting events at the Ancient Olympic Games .
This was because the Greek foot varied widely from one locality to another, for example the stadium at Olympia was 192.27 metres (630.81 feet) but at Delphi it was 177.50 metres (582.35 ft) long. [2] Scholars debate whether or not the runners had individual "turning" posts for the return leg of the race, or whether all the runners approached a ...
Visiting Olympia could be a hellish experience, yet people continued to show up in large numbers. Herodes Atticus, Louvre. In the middle of the 2nd century an unplanned accident drew the attention of the scholar, civil engineer and philanthropist Herodes Atticus, to the water problems at Olympia. Atticus and his wife donated the nymphaeum fountain.
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By 1911 they had built a new circus Hippodrome (a 5000-seat auditorium) [13] and a roller skating rink, and leased the original Olympia to Cosens Spencer as a cinema. During World War I some of the buildings were used as nursing homes for soldiers and nurses. During the 1920s a new Green Mill Dance Hall replaced the Jazz Pavilion and Olympia ...