hip hop romance

Japanese: hippodromos
hip hop romance

...This is related to the fact that sports became professional around this time, and dangerous games became shows. The hippodromos, where horse races and chariot races were held, was originally a wide version of the stadium, but just as the stadium was replaced by an amphitheater (such as the Colosseum), in the Roman era it changed into the circus (an amphitheater) where professional chariot riders competed for prize money. [Horiuchi Seiji]
[Modern times: the revival of athletics and the birth of large stadiums]
It is said that oval stadiums were built in medieval Europe, but few ruins remain today.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "hippodromos" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これはこの頃スポーツがプロ化し,危険なゲームがショーになっていったことと関係がある。競馬や戦車競走が行われたヒッポドロモスhippodromosは最初はスタディオンを広くしたようなものであったが,スタディオンが円形劇場(コロセウムなど)に取って代わられたように,ローマ時代には,プロの戦車乗りが賞金をかけて争うキルクス(円形競技場)に変化した。【堀内 清治】
[近代――運動競技の復興と大競技場の誕生]
 中世ヨーロッパで楕円形の競技場が建立されていたと伝えられているが,遺跡として今日残されているものはほとんどみられない。…

※「hippodromos」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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