Items matching chariots

chariots: a horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions, e.g. by the Romans.

Synonyms: carriage;

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75.—British War Chariot, Shield and Spears.

Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A war chariot, with scythed blades coming out from the wheels, lies with an axe (US: ax, battle-axe, battle-ax) underneath it, and with two spears and a shield resting on it. “There are no remains of [...]

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Added: 2007-05-27

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Apollo beschuekt die Leiche Hektors

Sagen des Klassischen Altertums (1882)

Hector tried to tire [Achilles] by running around the walls of Troy with Achilles in hot pursuit. He caught him on the third lap around and killed him. He then took his armor, tied the corpse behind h [...]

Keywords: bare feet, heroes, nudity, chariots, people, horses, animals

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Added: 2006-07-04

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Cupid with a Whip!

Scribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

We see a pair of lovers, but they are pulling along behind them a two-wheeled chariot whose driver is a cherub, a putti, a cupid in fact, whose long whip encourages the couple to move onwards. The wh [...]

Keywords: romance, advertisements, people, chariots, cherubs, whips, transport, wallpaper, backgrounds

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Added: 2008-01-18

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