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]

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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: