A traditional cavalry display in Ancient Athens; in particular a series contests occurring later in democratic period as a contest between tribal cavalry units at Athenian festivals such as the Olympieia and Panathenaea
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀνθιππασία, from ἀντί + ἱππεύς + -ιον, literally “knightly-contest”.
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