With the release of Season 2 Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+, the Muses thought our listeners might like to know the stories behind some of the characters and creatures they'll meet in the series!
In Minisode 5, continuing our previous tie-in series, we enter the fast and furious world of chariot racing.
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More on Chariot Racing:
Ramses II fighting in a chariot at the Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BCE
Ceremonial chariot of Tutankhamun, c. 1330 BCE, found in his tomb:
A Hittite war chariot, c. 1650-1250 BCE:
Assyrian war chariot, c. 640 BCE
Diagram of the Roman Circus Maximus, from DK Ancient Rome:
The Circus Maximus as it appears today:
