. Greek athletic sports and festivals . the reins. Accidents of a milder character are often depicted oncoins and vases. On a red-figured hydria in Wiirzburg, oneof the horses has broken his traces and runs away.^ A ^ M. A. Bayfield in Class. Rev. xxii. p. Gerh. 267. XXI THE HIPPODROME—THE CHARIOT-RACE 465 broken rein tangled round the forefoot of a horse is afavourite motive on the fifth-century coins of Syracuse, bearingthe signature of Euaenetus.^ It occurs also on one of thecoins of Catana shown in Fig. 171. The other coin has inthe exergue an object which seems to represent a br
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . the reins. Accidents of a milder character are often depicted oncoins and vases. On a red-figured hydria in Wiirzburg, oneof the horses has broken his traces and runs away.^ A ^ M. A. Bayfield in Class. Rev. xxii. p. Gerh. 267. XXI THE HIPPODROME—THE CHARIOT-RACE 465 broken rein tangled round the forefoot of a horse is afavourite motive on the fifth-century coins of Syracuse, bearingthe signature of Euaenetus.^ It occurs also on one of thecoins of Catana shown in Fig. 171. The other coin has inthe exergue an object which seems to represent a brokenchariot-wheel. The chariot-race is depicted on the Francois vase, andalso in the Amphiaraus vase (Fig. 3). The scene on thelatter is a particularly fine picture of the crowding and con-fusion of the race. It represents the finish. Three tripods areset for the prizes, and beyond them sit the three judges. The finest representations of the chariot occur on the coins ofSicily (Fig. 172). It is impossible to dwell on them in Fig. 172.—Decadrachm of Agrigentum,413-406 Decadrachm of Syracuse,400-360 and interesting as they are artistically, they add little toour knowledge of the race. Two examples must suffice; twodecadrachms of Agrigentum and Syracuse respectively. Theformer shows a spirited rendering of a four-horse chariot,as the driver reins in his horses. The driver, contrary tousual custom, is almost naked, probably he is the personifica-tion of the river Acragas. Above him is an eagle flyingaway with a serpent in its claws; below is the city emblem,a crab. Still more interesting is the coin of Syracusebelonging to the series of medallions connected with thedefeat of the Athenians at the river Assinarus. This defeatwas commemorated by the festival of the Assinaria, whichwas celebrated for the first time in 412. The coin in our Hill, Coins of Sicily, p. 63. 2h 466 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CH. xxi illustration is the work of an unknown artist
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