four-horse chariot

The genealogy of the Trojan Dardanidai is appropriated here into the genealogy of Athenian kings, and the references to a four-horse chariot team at I.05.271 is an Athenian signature. In the present action, however, at I.05.272–273, the four-horse team is reduced to a two-horse team ... Continue reading

... ropriation of the Trojan genealogy of the Dardanidai into the Athenian genealogy of kings and the Iliadic references to four-horse chariot teams as an Athenian signatureUnlike other heroes in ... Continue reading

comment on Homeric references to four-horse chariot teams as confined to chariot racing as distinct from warfare, except for the chariot teams of Anchises and Hector, in the context of analyzing ... Continue reading

Homeric references to four-horse chariots are confined to contexts having to do with chariot racing. For chariot fighting, two-horse chariots are the Homeric norm. For exceptions, see ... Continue reading