Racecourse of Achilles

Racecourse of Achilles

The Racecourse of Achilles (Greek "dromos Achilleios") 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. [Her. Hist. 4,55] [Plin. Nat. 4,26] [Strab. Geogr. 7,3.19] It is now divided into two parts called Kosa Tendra and Kosa Djarilgatch. According to ancient legends Achilles pursued Iphigenia to this peninsula and there practised for his races.

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