PJO Minisode 5: Chariot Races

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. [Transcript for Minisode 5] ----more---- More on Chariot Racing: Homer - The Iliad: Book XXIII From World History Encyclopedia: Chariot Racing in Ancient Rome 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: