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Definition of Hippodromes
1. hippodrome [n] - See also: hippodrome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippodromes
Literary usage of Hippodromes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe Viewed Through American Spectacles by Charles Carroll Fulton (1874)
"There are half a dozen fat women, monkey shows, wax works, Punch and Judy,
hippodromes, rotary swings, fortune-telling, tableaux vivants, dwarfs, ..."
2. Athletics and Mathematics in Archaic Corinth: The Origins of the Greek Stadionby David Gilman Romano by David Gilman Romano (1993)
"600 BC, with the earliest construction of the circus.6 Of course, it is not known
what the specific be interpreted as those of hippodromes as opposed to ..."
3. The Great Palace of Constantinople by A. G. Paspatēs (1893)
"To this day the site of the Palace hippodromes remains more level than the ...
Both of these hippodromes, which lay on the east side of the Numera beside ..."
4. A Text Book of the History of Architecture by Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1909)
"These comprised stadia and hippodromes for races, and gymnasia and ... The stadia
and hippodromes were oblong enclosures surrounded by tiers of seats and ..."
5. Adventure Guide by Heather Stimmler-Hall (2004)
"Both hippodromes offer a welcome service, restaurants, free babysitting on
Wednesdays and weekends, and pony rides for kids ages three to 10 every Sunday. ..."
6. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1883)
"Ant. They must have hippodromes, and games, and baths, Stage-plays and festivals,
and most of all The Dionysia. Jason. They shall have them all. ..."
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