Hippodrome to Taraxippus (disturber of horses) there to show the spot where many chariots wrecked. A large ancient hippodrome was the Hippodrome of Constantinople, built between AD 203 and 330. However, since it was built to a Roman design, it was actually a circus. 19th Century: Modern: Hippodrome The hippodrome () was an ancient Grecian stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The name is derived from the Greek words "hippos" (ἵππος; "horse") and "dromos" (δρόμος; "course"). The term is used in the modern French language and some others, with the meaning of "horse racecourse". Hence, some present-day horse racing tracks
Glossary of the Greek military junta Finally, some are taken from Greece's cultural tradition. Some examples of these terms as well as their contextual meaning follow. Sometimes the terms were combined for stronger effect. As an example "O Skotadismos kai i Synodiporia" meaning Western and Greek leftist sympathisers, in other words internal and external opposition to the junta. It is also worth noting that the junta always communicated in katharevousa Greek with only one exception: "Rahokokalia tou laou" which was specially coined for farmer consumption and it is the only phrase, in the junta vocabulary, to be in demotic Greek. Glossary of the Greek military junta