A dictionary of Greek and Roman . , thetwo strongest horses being placed under the yoke,and the two others fastened on each side by meansof ropes. This is implied in the use of the epi-thets (Teipcuos or treipcupopos, and funalis or /una-rms, for a horse so attached. (Isid. Orig. ) The two exterior horses were further dis-tinguished from one another as the right and the lefttrace-horse. In the splendid triumph of Augustusafter the battle of Actium, the trace-horses of his carwere ridden by two of his young relations. Tibe-rius rode, as Suetonius relates {Tib. 6.) siniste
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . , thetwo strongest horses being placed under the yoke,and the two others fastened on each side by meansof ropes. This is implied in the use of the epi-thets (Teipcuos or treipcupopos, and funalis or /una-rms, for a horse so attached. (Isid. Orig. ) The two exterior horses were further dis-tinguished from one another as the right and the lefttrace-horse. In the splendid triumph of Augustusafter the battle of Actium, the trace-horses of his carwere ridden by two of his young relations. Tibe-rius rode, as Suetonius relates {Tib. 6.) sinisteriorefunali equo, and Marcellus dexteriore funali the works of ancient art, especially fictile vases,abound in representations of quadrigae, numerousinstances may be observed, in which the twomiddle horses (6 jx^aos 8e£ibs nal 6 fxeaos apiars-pos, Schol. in Aristoph. Nub. 122) are yoked to-gether as in the bigae ; and, as the two lateralones have collars (AeVaoVa) equally with the yoke-horses, we may presume that from the top of these. proceeded the ropes which were tied to the rim ofthe car, and by which the trace-horses assisted todraw it. The first figure in the annexed woodcutis the chariot of Aurora, as painted on a vase foundat Canosa. (Gerhard, uber Lichtgoffheiten, pi. 1.) The reins of the two middle horses passthrough rings at the extremities of the yoke. Allthe particulars which have been mentioned are stillmore distinctly seen in the second figure, takenfrom a terra-cotta at Vienna. (Ginzrot, vol. 107, 108.) It represents a chariot overthrownin passing the goal at the circus. The charioteerhaving fallen backwards, the pole and yoke arethrown upwards into the air ; the two trace-horseshave fallen on their knees, and the two yoke-horses are prancing on their hind legs. If we may rely on the evidence of numerousworks of art, the currus was sometimes drawn byfour horses without either yoke or pole ; for we seetwo of them diverging to the right ha
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