Base of a dedication, detail. The relief depicts a scene from the apobates race. In the apobates race, the fully armed athlete jumped to the ground and then had to remount on the fast-moving chariot. Late 4th-Early 3rd century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.

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Photo credit: © Prisma Archivo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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