Editing Hippodrome (section)

==Description==

One end of the ''hippodromos'' of the Ancient Greeks was semicircular, while the other was a quadrilateral with an extensive [[portico]]. At the front thereof, at a lower level, were the stalls for the [[horse]]s and chariots. On either end of the ''hippodromos'' were posts (Greek ''termata'') around which the chariots turned. This was the most dangerous part of the track and the Greeks put an altar to [[Taraxippus]] (disturber of horses) there to show the spot where many chariots were wrecked. Where possible, it was built on the slope of a hill and the ground excavated from one side was transferred to the other to form an embankment thereat.{{cn|date=February 2022}} 

[[Image:Chariot terma Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1452.jpg|thumb|right|''[[biga (chariot)|Biga]]'' chariot rounding a ''terma'': [[Attica|Attic]] black-figure amphora, ''circa'' 500 BC, found at [[Vulci]]]]