Hey dear community, first of all I would like to greet you to my new post and hope you have a great start to the weekend! In this article I would like to discuss ancient Greece and hope you are able to expand your knowledge.
You can see here pictures of old Greek ceramic artwork on which a scene can be seen which represents a chariot race which was one of the most important sports in ancient Greece and presumably the participants are currently in the starting blocks. It is suspected that the origins are the ancient Greece and from there it developed more and more in the Roman Empire and became one of the most popular attractions there which regularly attracted thousands of visitors and was typical that there was a chariot which was pulled by horses and it became more and more a discipline at the Olympic Games over time. It was considered an extremely dangerous sport and when exactly the first race took place is not fully clear, but it is suspected that it could derive from the warlike area where chariots have already been pulled by horses and it could also be considered as a way to better express the cult of certain deities. The Olympic Games were dedicated in ancient Greece, especially to the godfather Zeus, and in addition to the chariot race, there were many other types of sports in which the winners were highly rewarded and could count on a lot of glory. Especially with steering in the curves it proved to be extremely difficult and on a distance of several kilometers several participants competed and the chariots were pulled by two or more horses and usually ran several rounds and more teams formed to compete against each other and not infrequently there were accidents during this sport, which is why it is still considered controversial today. In works of art or old writings you will always find illustrations and references about the importance of this sport and so it was also the well-known Greek author Homer who wrote about it.
Many thanks for stopping and I hope you could learn something new about ancient Greece! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.