quadriga

Definitions

1. A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast.
   historical
2. A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see⟳ delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward⟳ [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand⟳ in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity.”

“On another denarius we see⟳ Victory holding a wreath and driving a quadriga […]”

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