He was sometimes depicted on horseback, and Bronze and Iron Age sun chariots were shown as being drawn by horses. These make a tinkling sound when blown about by the wind, as was done in bygone times at Dodona. The seas and capes around the Peloponnese were especially dangerous and many traders were happy to use the diolkos and pay the fee rather than run the risk of losing their ship and wares altogtether. These kurgans, on the right bank of the Dnieper, are particularly important with many great Kings entombed there. The chief political event that determined the evolution of the sanctuary at Delphi in the Hellenistic period was the gradual dependence on Aitolia and its allies.
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