| 单词 | hippodrome |
| 例句 | Moments later, coins rain down on the hippodrome track. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Roustabouts are sent to toss straw down on the hippodrome track. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We have an enormous crowd that night—a “straw house,” so named because after all the regular seats sell out, roustabouts spread straw on the hippodrome track for the overflow crowd to sit on. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I head through the big top, following the hippodrome track to the back entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z By poking the bull hook in and around her underarms and legs, he persuades her to make a tour of sorts around the hippodrome. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I could make out an open-air market filled with colorful tents, a stone amphitheater built on one side of the mountain, a hippodrome and a coliseum on the other. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She recognized landmarks Jason had told her about—the hippodrome, the coliseum, the temples and parks, the neighborhood of Seven Hills with its winding streets, colorful villas, and flowering gardens. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The coliseum and the hippodrome were swept away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is delirious, standing in the center of the hippodrome track with his arms and face raised, basking in the coins that rain down on him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Uncle Al stands in the center of the hippodrome, stupefied. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The city is burned almost to ashes, corpses are piled high in the hippodrome. The Purple Shroud by Stella Duffy - review 2012-07-20T21:55:01Z Still standing inside the shattered remains of the hippodrome, broken and yet superbly elegant, it was commissioned by the Spartan general Pausanius and moved to its present location by Constantine himself in A.D. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z In the earlier event, passions felt by rival factions at the hippodrome somehow fused into a general uprising against authority. New histories of Istanbul 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Today all that remains of Caesarea’s Augustan temple is the podium, a featureless platform that I missed altogether as I strolled from the harbor to the hippodrome. Herod the Great’s Israel 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z The vessel was probably part of a river fleet serving the sprawling and highly-developed Roman city of 45,000 people which had a hippodrome, fortifications, a forum, a palace, temples, amphitheatre, aqueducts, baths and workshops. Serbian coal miners uncover Roman ship 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z In La Teste-de-Buch, firefighters have turned the local hippodrome into a temporary headquarters, buzzing with fire trucks. Scenes of Devastation Emerge From a Fire-Ravaged Southwestern France 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Every cobbled street around the mosque was packed, as well as the open spaces along the length of the ancient hippodrome where Roman chariots once raced. Erdogan Fulfills Cherished Goal, Opening Hagia Sophia to Prayers 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z The ship was part of Viminacium, a sprawling Roman city of 45,000 people with a hippodrome, fortifications, a forum, palace, temples, amphitheatre, aqueducts, baths and workshops. Coal mine in Serbia gives up new Roman treasure 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z At the matinee I attended in November, the woman next to me sprang up before the song was even over, hollering through cupped hands as if she were at a hippodrome. Alanis Morissette Isn’t Angry Anymore. But ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Rages On. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The pier, Domingo mused, was promising: an enclosed place—a bottleneck of carnival games and penny arcades and a century-old hippodrome—that offers no easy means of escape. A Plot in L.A. to Avenge the Christchurch Shooting 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z “Now my youth’s a hole in the ground / I hardly know the streets of my own town / They tore the hippodrome down.” Review: Guitarist Richard Thompson schools the crowd — no brags, boasts or egotism necessary 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z At least three towns closed schools and hundreds of people were sheltered in sport facilities and a local hippodrome, authorities said. 6 dead in torrential flooding in Spain's Mallorca island 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “The hippodrome track had ice on it and they didn’t have any rings,” North said. Future uncertain for Oklahoma circus 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z On Saturday, the last day of the Games, a crowd of about 200 has gathered at the hippodrome. I’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Scenes of chariot races in a Roman hippodrome, an open-air stadium for horse racing, span across the 85-foot long mosaic. This Ancient Mosaic Depicts a Thrilling Chariot Race 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Other buildings, like the former hippodrome arena, have been converted into event spaces. Carnation Farms, namesake of a town and a worldwide milk brand, welcomes visitors again 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The hippodrome sits on a prized piece of real estate belonging to the city, and the mayor thinks it is time to open it to the public. Beirut’s racetrack, once a chic hotspot, falls on hard times 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The hippodrome in Mali's capital Bamako, may not see million-dollar prizes but it's still a thriving tradition every Sunday. In pictures: Sunday morning at the Bamako Hippodrome - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Away from the hippodrome, most of the residents of Taldykorgan I ask about the National Games aren’t even aware that they are hosting. I’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Also known now as Sultanahmet Meydani, the site was built by the Roman Empire in the 4th century AD as a venue for chariot races, also known as a hippodrome. Deadly Istanbul bombing took place near landmarks popular with tourists 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z As we arrived at the hippodrome which hosts the Vatican's cricket pitch, I had to pinch myself. Taking on the Vatican at cricket - BBC News 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z His reference is to the ministry of culture's approval earlier this summer of a plan allowing the developer to begin construction of six initial residences cutting right through the middle of the remaining hippodrome grounds. Activists fight to preserve Beirut's Roman heritage 2013-09-25T01:04:34Z Races are run in one or more of its eight hippodromes every day, adding up to 617 racing days last year, with all of them broadcast live on two dedicated television channels, radio and online. IHT Special: Arabian Horses Provide Pride and Profit for Kurds in Turkey 2013-06-06T14:10:50Z On Monday morning at the Taldykorgan hippodrome, the Games begin with a low-key ceremony. I’ll get my goat: Kazakhstan's ancient sport for modern times 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The Greek hippodrome was usually set out on the slope of a hill, and the ground taken from one side served to form the embankment on the other side. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Races took place in the Champs de Mars, and an unsuccessful attempt was made in 1834 to arrange for a course, or “hippodrome,” as it is termed in France, at Maisons Laffitte. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z "We are committed to protecting the hippodrome and the theatre," said Raja Noujaim, a retired quality control expert who is leading the association's legal battle. Activists fight to preserve Beirut's Roman heritage 2013-09-25T01:04:34Z I'm going to the pantomime, I'm at the hippodrome. Kensington Rhymes 2012-03-15T02:00:28.607Z There is a circus in Waterloo Street, a hippodrome in Sauchiehall Street and a zoological garden in New City Road. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z One end of the hippodrome was semicircular, and the other end square with an extensive portico, in front of which, at a lower level, were the stalls for the horses and chariots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The feats of horsemanship performed in our circle before the log-hut doors, I have never seen surpassed at any hippodrome at home or in Paris. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Preservationists, on the other hand, argue that a hippodrome site should be open air. Activists fight to preserve Beirut's Roman heritage 2013-09-25T01:04:34Z For instance, where Victoria Road joins the Gore there was a tall archway leading to a hippodrome, or horse repository. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z Riding through the hippodrome towards St. Sophia, Mohammed noted the Delphic tripod with its three snakes,33 standing where Constantine the Great had placed it eleven hundred years before. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The modern hippodrome is more for equestrian and other displays than for horse racing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Of the hippodrome, or racecourse, no traces remain, but from the description of Pausanias we may infer that the dimensions were approximately 1600 ft. by 400. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The hippodrome battle harks back to a series of disputes over allegedly haphazard preservation efforts during the reconstruction of central Beirut after the civil war. Activists fight to preserve Beirut's Roman heritage 2013-09-25T01:04:34Z It is not the primeval course of the hippodrome, but one which was made in 1907 at a place apart and a little farther along the road. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z I spoke about ostrich riding, suggested that it would be a splendid thing if he got up a regular wild-beast hunt in his hippodrome. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z There was a stadium seating about 12,000 people in which athletic events were witnessed, finally there was a hippodrome for alt sorts of amusements in which animals shared. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "It's great the pope's here," said Karmela Sokolic, a young girl who said she arrived at the hippodrome at 4 a.m. to snag a place near the altar. Pope Wraps Up Croatia Visit 2011-06-05T18:55:05Z As many as 400,000 people from across Croatia and neighbouring countries are expected to attend Sunday's mass inside Zagreb's hippodrome. Pope celebrates Mass in Croatia 2011-06-05T08:55:32Z Three or four miles out we reached the hippodrome where some nine years back the game was born. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z We paid $10,000 for our first hippodrome tent alone, and this did not include dressing-room tents, horse tents and camp tents. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z It is things like this always happening all about which make snow-storm nights in the city such a hippodrome affair, and all the world akin. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z This orbit may be a planet’s, its diameter the breadth of the solar system; or it may be a city hippodrome; nay, the circle of a ginhorse, its diameter a score of feet or paces. Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z And the coppice pooled the shadows, creating a hippodrome of transitory caricatures, fanciful, grotesque and fearful. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The hippodrome in question was not a ring, but a long straight level stadium, extending from the southern end of the second bridge to the outer margin of the lake. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z They could be seen starting out like red, yellow, white, or blue spots across the entire space occupied by the crowd that had gathered around the ring of the hippodrome. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z A bomb went off around 12:40 p.m. in a hippodrome in Nalchik, the capital of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, killing a 104-year-old war veteran and wounding about 30 others, the local authorities said. Violence Rattles the Caucasus on May Day 2010-05-01T17:14:00Z Now there was a great multitude of people crowded together as far as the hippodrome. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII The hippodrome at his Tuscan seat, for riding exercise, is formed by lines of box and laurel and cypress and plane tree. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius A little after the time I write of, throwing himself into my chair after some visit to a music-hall or hippodrome, he began, “O, Yeats, I was never in love with a serpent-charmer before.” The Trembling of the Veil You have ridden recklessly trying to round them up, sweating, swearing, praying to the Red Gods that none of those indispensable animals is going to get lame in this insane hippodrome. Camp and Trail Three horses only to gallop around like the hippodrome races of a circus.” History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 They took him to the hippodrome, and there blinded him. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Tiberius, whom he emulated, never deigned to appear at the hippodrome; it was a way he had of showing his contempt for a nation. Mary Magdalen The true sportsman's interest in the improvement of the equine race was by no means sufficiently widely diffused to maintain the hippodromes of the Soci�t�s de Course. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 This orbit may be a planet's, its diameter the breadth of the solar system; or it may be a city hippodrome; nay the circle of a ginhorse, its diameter a score of feet or paces. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) I have been to Drury Lane, and the Strand Theatres, to a big picture gallery, and a hippodrome. An Orkney Maid The chariot race had just ended in the adjoining hippodrome; and the idle crowd, intent on a new excitement, came surging up like waves. A Victor of Salamis Already the cars had circled the hippodrome four times. Mary Magdalen This was the show, the hippodrome, the spectacular circus that passed on the east sky before the eyes of Fire the Goat and Flim the Goose. Rootabaga Stories In the stately circus or hippodrome, the space between the goals, round which the chariots turned in their swift flight, was filled with ancient statues and obelisks. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality While all the foot races took place in the stadium, the horse and chariot races were held in the hippodrome, and excited the greatest interest. The Story of the Greeks It was, in fact, a magnificent spectacle—a grand hippodrome of the desert; but I had no eyes for it. The Scalp Hunters Not in Arabia, not in the hippodromes of Paris or London, could they have found their superiors—perhaps not their equals—for these men literally live in the saddle. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Where the shadow hippodrome marched on the east sky that morning was a long line of blue-bird spots. Rootabaga Stories They came, and then, shutting them in the hippodrome, he secretly commanded his sister Salome that at the moment of his death they should all be massacred. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern We took the aerodrome with the hippodrome, the coal merchant with the Norman tower, the parrot with the gargoyle, the H�tel de Ville with the cathedral, and the mermaids with the mole. Riviera Towns Upon reaching the palace, I was told that the Emperor was exercising at the hippodrome, toward which I then bent my steps. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century After all, does one care to be the champion bareback rider in life's hippodrome? The Master-Knot of Human Fate The gladiatorial shows, so popular in Rome, were forbidden here, though theatres, amphitheatres, and hippodromes kept their place. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Yet even Jerusalem doth seem to be getting Romanized, with her hippodrome and her trophies of Augustan victories. The Coming of the King North of the city, near the wall, was the hippodrome, built by Abgarus IX on his return from Rome. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Were it not for them I had now been, not here chafing my horse and myself on a hippodrome, but tearing up instead the hard sands of the Syrian deserts. Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century He ornamented the city with baths, and surrounded the hippodrome with porticos; but it was not till the time of Caracalla that it was restored to its former political privileges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The teams that pull the pole-wagon, the chariots and the other wheeled things which a circus needs, must also figure in the grand entry and in the hippodrome races. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Constantine sent them to adorn the imperial hippodrome which he built in Constantinople, whence the Doge Dandolo brought them as spoils of war to Venice when the thirteenth century was still young. Italy at War and the Allies in the West Accordingly, he raised a splendid new town in the Greek style; furnished it with temples, agora, hippodrome, gymnasium, and baths; filled it with Greek citizens; gave it a Greek constitution, and named it Antinoë. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series Great hopping hippodromes, if I couldn't drive a car any better than that Frenchman, I'd get out of the army! The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films The chariot races, which were held in the hippodrome; the cars were light and were drawn by four horses. History Of Ancient Civilization This was the hippodrome, in the reign of the Greek emperors. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe Then the conspirators with threats and tumult proceeded on the run to the hippodrome, and those who shared their plan with them gathered gradually from the houses and were assembling there. History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War For in the beginning they had been forced by the people against their will, and afterwards they had come to the hippodrome with no thought of harming the emperor. History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War Filched from Rome by Constantine, they were carried to his own city as an ornament to the imperial hippodrome. A Wanderer in Venice Can it be true," wrote Mrs. Schuyler Van Rennselaer in an article in the "Century Magazine" many years ago, "that I dreamily remember a canvas hippodrome where the Fifth Avenue Hotel stands? Fifth Avenue The hippodrome is defaced by the heads and mangled remains of the tyrant's victims. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 There have been many since then, but more of the private speculation class, Sangers' so-called fête at Camp Hill, June 27, 1874, being the first of their outdoor hippodrome performances. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically And he answering said he had brought to the inhabitants of Edessa pain without loss and pleasure without gain, hinting at the fortune of the hippodrome. History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War The colossal Hercules of Lysippus, which, having adorned Tarentum, had thence been transported to the Elder and subsequently to the hippodrome of the New Rome, met with a like fate. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) But before the hotel there had been a famous tavern on the site, and then a hippodrome. Fifth Avenue But instead we are to have a hippodrome. Nedra At the entrance of the hippodrome there is a pyramidical obelisk of granite, in one piece, about fifty feet high, terminating in a point, and charged with hieroglyphics. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 Then he gave orders to put the earth in different parts of the hippodrome, and to gather all the animals into one place and then to release them. History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War Horses were sometimes introduced, but then the hippodrome was the course. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Many of them were adorned by magnificent public buildings, including a forum, theatre, stadium, hippodrome, and gymnasium. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism In it he provided an entertainment consisting of music and gymnastic contests, and in the hippodrome a horse-race and the slaughter of many beasts of all kinds. Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). One of these hippodromes, about half a mile to the southward of Leicester, retains evident traces of the old name, rhedagua in the corrupted one of Rawdikes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 It' is every day within us—all the rest is hippodrome— And the soul that is the gladdest is the soul that builds a home. Just Folks From the summit of the tower of the hippodrome at Constantinople, a certain Saracen met the same fate as Simon, in the reign of the Emperor Comnenus. Wonderful Balloon Ascents The plays in the theatres, the races in the hippodrome and stadium amazed and fascinated them. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The hippodrome was already filled with innumerable multitudes; and no sooner did the emperor appear on his throne, than the voices of the blue and the green factions were confounded in the same loyal acclamations. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 There was a very famous hippodrome at Constantinople, which was begun by Alexander Severus, and finished by Constantine. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 To-day, there are brand-new, wide streets, arenas, circuses, hippodromes, railway stations, and a prison, Mazas, there; progress, as the reader sees, with its antidote. Les Misérables THE HIPPODROME.—The rage for doctrinal dispute in the sixth century was only exceeded by the passions kindled in connection with the circus, or hippodrome, at Constantinople. Outline of Universal History The compartment on the left is exactly similar, save that it opens into the traces of other chambers, said to be those of a hippodrome adjacent to the theater. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 From the palace of Belisarius, the procession was conducted through the principal streets to the hippodrome; and this memorable day seemed to avenge the injuries of Genseric, and to expiate the shame of the Romans. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 As soon as you see me dead, let my guards, to whom I have already given strict commission to that purpose, kill all the noblemen and magistrates that are secured in the hippodrome. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Blue sea, gleaming Casino, cloudless sky, and all the rest of the hippodrome. My Man Jeeves He carried Gelimer as a captive to Constantinople, and presented him to Justinian and Theodora, seated side by side in the hippodrome to receive the triumphal procession in honor of the victor. Outline of Universal History Must we not conclude that the poet, with the rest of us, is speeding around the hippodrome of his own self-centered consciousness? The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues, of ancient Rome; and the same factions which had agitated the circus, raged with redoubled fury in the hippodrome. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 After passing in this manner through the hippodrome and through the Forum in company with the soldiers and the knights and the senate he ascended the Capitol and proceeded thence to the palace. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Two hundred and sixty lions were slaughtered in the hippodrome. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form A wolf that darted into the temple of Fortune was caught and killed, and at the hippodrome during the very contest of the horses a dog overpowered and devoured another dog. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus Out of this original standard grew the magnificence of many a future amphitheatre, circus, hippodrome. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater From the church the people adjourned to the hippodrome: Justinian, in whose cause not a sword had been drawn, was dragged before these tumultuary judges, and their clamors demanded the instant death of the tyrant. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Men and women not only of equestrian but even of senatorial rank appeared in the orchestra, the hippodrome, and even the hunting-theatre, like the veriest outcasts. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Once the people had come together in the hippodrome and were objecting to his conduct, and he had them cut down by the soldiers. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form The chariot of Jupiter was demolished in the Roman hippodrome, and for many days a flash would rise over the sea toward Greece and dart up into the firmament. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus It was really a private athletic club—with tan-bark hippodrome, having a ring the size of that in Madison Square Garden, and a skylight roof, and thirty or forty arc-lights for night events. The Metropolis An oath of fidelity was administered in the palace, the church, and the hippodrome, to the several orders of the state, who adjured the holy names of the Son, and mother of God. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Rome was not enough for him, nor Pompey's theatre, nor the great hippodrome, but he desired also a foreign tour, in order to become, as he said, victor in all the four contests. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster In the hippodrome twelve camels and horses had one contest, and three hundred bears together with an equal number of Libyan beasts were slaughtered. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Fire also consumed a considerable portion of the hippodrome, the temple of Ceres, another shrine dedicated to Spes, besides a large number of other structures. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus We slowed up at the Circus of Romulus and found it a very sad circus, as such things go—no elevated stage, no hippodrome track, no centerpole, no trapeze, and only one ring. Europe Revised Yet the studies of Nero in music and poetry betrayed some symptoms of a liberal taste; the more ignoble arts of the son of Theophilus were confined to the chariot-race of the hippodrome. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 A gold image of him was ordered brought into the hippodrome on a car drawn by elephants and three gilded thrones for him conveyed into the remaining theatres. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster It was celebrated a second time, as custom decreed, and Germanicus on that occasion killed two hundred lions in the hippodrome. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Not far away she discovered three little boys, two of them her own, who were playing at battles and sieges upon stairs which descended from this terrace to the hippodrome below. Veranilda Or the recommendation of Emilianus, that the people should be kept from thinking on the dangers and extremities which now threaten them, by being provided incessantly with public amusements at the theatres and hippodromes? Antonina The hippodrome occupied an area of three parasangs square, with an inner square measuring one parasang on each side, around which the races were run. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 Though many were wounded and killed in many parts of the city, they continued to resist and finally seized weapons and made a rush into the hippodrome. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster You might have thought that he had himself escaped with horror from some Hellenic hippodrome. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments No. The hippodrome races are just going on. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Let us follow him to the hippodrome, whither he is proceeding, and listen to the song of triumph which he is commencing: Who is king but Epiphanes? The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 They must have hippodromes, and games, and baths, Stage-plays and festivals, and most of all The Dionysia. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Gifts, likewise, he brought about by means of balls both in the theatres and in the hippodrome, one lot for the men and one lot for the women. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster These forty thousand men were massed into the species of hippodrome formed by the mountain about them. Salammbo A hippodrome, with sun, moon, and stars to referee! The Faith of Men Like an arrow from a catapult he approaches the hippodrome! The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 As the shocks extended over a number of days, he lived out of doors in the hippodrome. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster First of all, in the hippodrome he had battles of infantry against infantry, and again battles of cavalry, and next he gave a naval battle in a new place. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Also, the elephants drawing the chariot of Augustus entered the hippodrome and went as far as the senators' seats, but at that point they stopped and refused to proceed farther. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster That was the only time he penned me,—three days of it,—but after that the hippodrome never stopped. The Faith of Men Look not behind thee, then, at its unavoidable degradation; but take courage, ply thy legs with vigor, and scud for the hippodrome! The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 When he arrives at the hippodrome, he will be crowned with the poetic wreath, in anticipation of his victory at the approaching Olympics. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 |
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