So much of ancient Greek culture—both art and literature—celebrates power, bold physicality and arrogant machismo, that it comes as a relief to find a figure like the Charioteer of Delphi, a sculpture ...
This magnificent bronze statue of a charioteer is in the Delphi Museum, and commemorates a victory in the chariot races at Delphi in the 470s BC. The Games there, held in honour of the god Apollo, ...
The story of a modern Eniochos, a young dreamer inspired by the ancient Charioteer of Delphi, spans five decades of Greek history: the period between 1941 and 1991. During WWII, the then university ...