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((Short description|Ancient Greek stadium for horse and chariot racing))
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'''Hippodrome''' is a term sometimes used for public entertainment venues of various types. A modern example is the [[Hippodrome, London|Hippodrome]] which opened in [[London]] in 1900 "combining circus, hippodrome, and stage performances".<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=The London Hippodrome, Hippodrome Corner, Cranbourn Street, City of Westminster |url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/LondonHippodrome.htm |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=www.arthurlloyd.co.uk))</ref>

It is derived from the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] ''hippodromos'' (((lang-el|ἱππόδρομος))), a stadium for [[horse racing]] and [[chariot racing]]. The name is derived from the Greek words ''hippos'' (ἵππος; "horse") and ''dromos'' (δρόμος; "course"). The [[Roman Empire|ancient Roman]] version, the [[Roman circus|circus]], was similar to the Greek hippodrome.

==Description==

One end of the ancient Greek ''hippodromos'' was semicircular, and the other end square with an extensive [[portico]], in front of which, at a lower level, were the stalls for the [[horse]]s and chariots. At both ends of the hippodrome were posts (Greek ''termata'') that the chariots turned around. 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 wrecked. It was built on the slope of a hill if possible and the ground taken from one side served to form the embankment on the other side.((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]]]]

==List of Greek hippodromes==
* [[Delos]]
* [[Delphi]]
* [[Isthmia (ancient city)|Isthmia]]
* [[Lageion]]
* [[Mount Lykaion]]<ref>[http://corinth.sas.upenn.edu/lykaion/ly-plan.html] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207033138/http://corinth.sas.upenn.edu/lykaion/ly-plan.html|date=2006-12-07))</ref>
* [[Nemea]]
* [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714145253.htm|title=Horse Racecourse In Ancient Olympia Discovered After 1600 Years|website=ScienceDaily))</ref>

==List of Roman circuses==
* [[Aphrodisias]]
* [[Caesarea Maritima]]
* [[Circus Maximus]]
* [[Gerasa]]
* [[Hippodrome of Berytus]]
* [[Hippodrome of Constantinople]]
* [[Hippodrome of Thessalonica]]
* [[Tyre Hippodrome]]
* [[Miróbriga]] (Mirobriga Celticorum)
* [[Roman circus of Mérida]]
* [[Plovdiv Roman Stadium|Roman Stadium of Philippopolis]]

==See also==
*[[List of horse racing venues]]

Other structures called hippodromes:
* [[Beirut Hippodrome#Hippodrome du parc de Beyrouth|Hippodrome du parc de Beyrouth]]
* [[Kensington Hippodrome]]
* [[Madison Square Garden (1879)]]. It is known as the "Great Roman Hippodrome"
* [[New York Hippodrome]] Theatre
* [[Brighton Hippodrome]] Entertainment venue in the ancient centre of Brighton
* [[Birmingham Hippodrome]] Theatre
* [[Bristol Hippodrome]] Theatre
* [[Hulme Hippodrome]] Theatre in Hulme, Manchester
* [[Hippodrome Theatre (Baltimore)]], or the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
* [[Hippodrome Theater (Richmond, Virginia)]]

Similar modern structures:
* [[Velodrome]]
* [[Oval track]]
* [[Dragstrip]]

== References ==
((Commons category|Ancient Roman circuses|'''Ancient Roman circuses'''))
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[[Category:Horse racing venues| ]]
[[Category:Ancient chariot racing]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek buildings and structures]]
[[Category:Sport in ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Sports venues by type]]
[[Category:Harness racing]]

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