dromos
1. Chariot races and bare-back riding races were held in a big oval space called the hippodrome(The word comes from the Greek hippos meaning "horse" and dromos meaning "running course.").
战车赛和无鞍马赛在一个称为hippodrome的巨大的椭圆形空地上进行(希腊文hippos作“马”解,dromos意为“赛跑