Word: charioteer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happened in his own time and place. A waning moon rides dimly over the doomed forces of Darius at the left of the picture, while young Alexander comes on with the sunrise at his shoulder. He can be discerned in mid-center, pursuing Darius' chariot with leveled lance...
Creature of Habit. The problems that the commuter poses to the nation's cities are great and prickly-but they are not unique. In the 2nd century, the satirist Juvenal graphically described the swarming streets of ancient Rome. They were thick with litter bearers, chariot jams, and furious drivers who knocked people down and ran over them in their haste to get home to dinner. Many a Roman mumbled in his toga: "Quid hercle faciamus de obstructione?"* But it was not until late 19th century London that the commuter appeared as a distinct type. London's rapid growth...
...Director William Wyler's $15 million film version of Major General Lew Wallace's Biblical bestseller has its failures, but the chariot race alone is worth the price of admission...
...Director William Wyler's $15 million film version of Major General Lew Wallace's Biblical bestseller has its failures, but the chariot race alone is worth the price of admission...