8 example sentences using charioteer.
Charioteer used in a sentence
Charioteer in a sentence as a noun
No one held the reins, and no one rode in the chariot; the vehicle was escorted as if the god himself were the charioteer.
It would be valid to say that the top charioteer's share of the total wealth of the world is comparable to someone with $15 billion today.
The top charioteer, over his career, earned enough to cover all ordinary soldier's pay for 1/5th a year.
That produces a lifetime earnings for our charioteer of $3-11 billion, depending on what the average pay for a soldier actually comes out to.
So descriptions like, "The charioteer had enough money to buy a quarter of all the farmland in Rome" is a better description of his wealth than "The charioteer had the equivalent of $x billion in USD", which doesn't convey how he could spend it.
Currently, Giacobini-Zinner is located in the constellation of Auriga, the charioteer.
I think it's a useful lens to view the desires we humans have, though not a perfect lens:>First the charioteer of the human soul drives a pair, and secondly one of the horses is noble and of noble breed, but the other quite the opposite in breed and character.
Don't forget Gaius Diocles, the roman charioteer [1]:"His winnings reportedly totaled 35,863,120 sesterces, allegedly, over $15 billion in today’s dollars, an amount which could provide a year's supply of grain to the entire city of Rome, or pay the Roman army at its height for a fifth of a year.
Charioteer definitions
the driver of a chariot
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way
See also: Auriga Charioteer