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The '''Racecourse of Achilles''' ({{lang-grc|Αχίλλειος δρόμος}})<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#A152.9 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §A152.9]</ref> is a narrow strip of land north-west of [[Crimea]] and south of the mouth of the [[Dnieper]] in [[Ukraine]], running nearly due west and cast.<ref>[[Histories (Herodotus)|Her. Hist.]] 4,55</ref><ref>[[Natural History (Pliny)|Plin. Nat.]] 4,26</ref><ref>[[Geographica|Strab. Geogr.]] 7,3.19</ref> It is now divided into two parts called [[Tendra Spit]] and [[Dzharylhach]]. According to ancient legends [[Achilles]] pursued [[Iphigenia]] to this peninsula and there practised for his races. |
The '''Racecourse of Achilles''' ({{lang-grc|Αχίλλειος δρόμος}})<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#A152.9 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, §A152.9]</ref> is a narrow strip of land north-west of [[Crimea]] and south of the mouth of the [[Dnieper]] in [[Ukraine]], running nearly due west and cast.<ref>[[Histories (Herodotus)|Her. Hist.]] 4,55</ref><ref>[[Natural History (Pliny)|Plin. Nat.]] 4,26</ref><ref>[[Geographica|Strab. Geogr.]] 7,3.19</ref> It is now divided into two parts called [[Tendra Spit]] and [[Dzharylhach]]. According to ancient legends [[Achilles]] pursued [[Iphigenia]] to this peninsula and there practised for his races. |
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The land was called Racecourse of Achilles because he celebrated his victory there with competitive games and also there he routinely exercised himself and his men when there was a respite from the fighting.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/145#2.5 Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, §2.5 |
The land was called Racecourse of Achilles because he celebrated his victory there with competitive games and also there he routinely exercised himself and his men when there was a respite from the fighting.<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/145#2.5 Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, §2.5]</ref> |
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The Racecourse of Achilles (Ancient Greek: Αχίλλειος δρόμος)[1] is a narrow strip of land north-west of Crimea and south of the mouth of the Dnieper in Ukraine, running nearly due west and cast.[2][3][4] It is now divided into two parts called Tendra Spit and Dzharylhach. According to ancient legends Achilles pursued Iphigenia to this peninsula and there practised for his races.
The land was called Racecourse of Achilles because he celebrated his victory there with competitive games and also there he routinely exercised himself and his men when there was a respite from the fighting.[5]
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- Henry Malden (1845). "On the Lower Course of the Dnieper; Being an Extract of a Letter from Prof. Henry Malden to the President of the Royal Geographical Society". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 15. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 15: 351–358. doi:10.2307/1797915. JSTOR 1797915.