Taraxippos

-- Now, look out there! that bronze figure of a rearing horse -- the 'Taraxippos' they call it -- is put there to frighten the horses, and Megaera, our third horse, is like a mad thing sometimes, though she can go like a stag; every time Marcus gets her quietly past the Taraxippos we are nearer to success.

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

-- Now, look out there! that bronze figure of a rearing horse -- the 'Taraxippos' they call it -- is put there to frighten the horses, and Megaera, our third horse, is like a mad thing sometimes, though she can go like a stag; every time Marcus gets her quietly past the Taraxippos we are nearer to success.

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

-- Now, look out there! that bronze figure of a rearing horse -- the 'Taraxippos' they call it -- is put there to frighten the horses, and Megaera, our third horse, is like a mad thing sometimes, though she can go like a stag; every time Marcus gets her quietly past the Taraxippos we are nearer to success.

Serapis — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

-- Now, look out there! that bronze figure of a rearing horse -- the 'Taraxippos' they call it -- is put there to frighten the horses, and Megaera, our third horse, is like a mad thing sometimes, though she can go like a stag; every time Marcus gets her quietly past the Taraxippos we are nearer to success.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

-- Now, look out there! that bronze figure of a rearing horse -- the 'Taraxippos' they call it -- is put there to frighten the horses, and Megaera, our third horse, is like a mad thing sometimes, though she can go like a stag; every time Marcus gets her quietly past the Taraxippos we are nearer to success.

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

There was a god or genius named Taraxippos, "the scarer of horses," as M. Heuzey remarks.

The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

Each time that Marcus had driven round the obelisk or past the Taraxippos, Dada had clutched her head with her hands and set her teeth in her lip; each time, as he happily steered clear of the fatal stone and whirled past the dreadful bronze statue, she had relaxed her grip and leaned back in her seat with a sigh of relief.

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

The melee at the Meta had excited his steeds almost beyond control, and as they tore past the Taraxippos the third horse, Megaera, shied violently as Demetrius had predicted.

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

In spite of the delay that Marcus had experienced from the Taraxippos, the space that parted his bays from the black Arabs had sensibly diminished, round after round; and the interest of the race now centered entirely in him and the young

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

In spite of the delay that Marcus had experienced from the Taraxippos, the space that parted his bays from the black Arabs had sensibly diminished, round after round; and the interest of the race now centered entirely in him and the young

Serapis — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867