Talk:Hippodrome of Constantinople

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Regarding the four bronze horses of the Hippodrome of Konstantinople, the story goes back to 396 BC when the Spartan princess Kyniska, daughter of King Archidamos 2nd and also sister of the later Spartan King Agisilaos 2nd , participated at the Olympic races competition with a "tethrippon arma" (four-horses chariot) which she prepared,trained and became the first female Olympic winner (according to the Olympic rules there was a prohibition for a female participation during the competitions in Olympia, but for the chariot races as an Olympic winner was considered and awarded the owner of the horses and not the charioteer). Kyniska participated and became an Olympic winner again in the chariot race of the next Olympiade in 392 BC. In order to express her gratitude to the God for these wins, she ordered the construction of the statues of her horses in bronze and devoted them to the Temple of Zeus in Olympia. These masterpieces remained there for many centuries until after the ban of the Olympics,as a consequence of the expansion of the new religion in the East Roman Empire, they were transported to decorate the Hippodrome of Konstantinople.Later on they were looted and sent to Venice (1204). User:62.103.70.142

I suggest this be turned into a separate article if someone has a photo that can be used. Adam 00:03, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Well, we have Cynisca already, and we have Image:ByzantineChariotBig.jpg for the horses, which is already on various other articles. Adam Bishop 05:55, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)