Transcript
Book 1, Chapter Five: Spear-won Land, Pages 95 and 96
What a thrill!
Horses, chariots, streaks of colour blue, red and yellow
as the athletes circumambulate lightning-fast around the stadium.
One lap, two…
CRASH!
Our first casualty in the dust,
fallen horses and broken bones –
in a game ancient such as this
the true prize at the end is not the wreath
but your body intact.
Chapter Five 095-096
Yikes!!
Chariot racing is basically the Grand Prix but with no safety regs…
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