Hysplex
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hysplex-268-11317360
title:
Hysplex
text:
Hysplex is a starting gate used in ancient Greek horse and foot races. This device was set up at the starting line and consisted of an upright vertical bar that held a horizontal gate attached to it held up by a string. Each racer stood behind his own hysplex and all of the strings were centrally connected behind the runners, held by a referee. At the start of the race, the referee let go of all the strings; and consequently the starting gates fell at the same time, releasing the runners. Origin
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ancient race-starting device
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysplex
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date modified:
2021-05-23T07:15:06Z
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