The palaestra at Olympia (Greek παλαίστρ-α, -αι, "wrestling ground or grounds," Latin palaestr-a, -ae, with Greek ἐν Όλυμπία, Latin in Olympia) is the...
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not continue the tradition of the attached palaestra.[citation needed] Palaestra at Olympia Palaestra at Delphi Article title παλαίστρα. Liddell, Henry...
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bouleuterion, whereas the palaestra, the workshop of Pheidias, the gymnasion, and the Leonidaion lie to the west. Olympia was also known for the gigantic...
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The palaestra at Delphi is part of a gymnasium at the sanctuary. It is the oldest existing gymnasium from the Greek world, dating to the second half of...
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Archaic Greece (section Olympia)
sanctuaries – for instance at Olympia – begin to attract dedications from outside the local area. The sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia had been a cult site in...
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Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held at the Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a mythological...
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the best known being at Epidaurus by the architect Polykleitos the Younger. Greek towns of substantial size also had a palaestra or a gymnasium, the social...
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Greek mythology associates the name Palaestra (Παλαίστρα) with two separate characters, both associated with the god Hermes: one became a mortal lover...
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Knossos Minoan palace complex Lion Gate Odeon of Herodes Atticus Palaestra at Olympia Stadium of Delphi Temple of Hephaestus Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens...
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halls connected with the baths Glossary of architecture Palaestra at Delphi Palaestra at Olympia The word was also used in ancient Greece for a foot-race...
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opposites Palace of Nestor Palaechthon Palaestinus Palaestra Palaestra at Delphi Palaestra at Olympia Palaestra (mythology) Palaikastro Kouros Palamedes Palici...
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Delphi (redirect from Temple at Delphi)
of two levels: a stoa on the upper level providing open space, and a palaestra, pool, and baths on lower floor. These pools and baths were said to have...
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Umdichtung von Boccaccio De claris mulieribus, nebst der latinischen Vorlage, Palaestra (Leipzig, 1924) Wright, H.G., ed., Translated from Boccaccio's De Claris...
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wall. In the northwest is Olympia, with many ancient ruins, including the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the Palaestra and the Leonidaion. Archaeological...
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other buildings were related to the games, including two gymnasia, a palaestra, and the House of the Hellanodikai.[citation needed] The original inhabitants...
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also identified a palaestra and baths dating from the reign of Cassander. The size of the complex indicates that, unlike the palace at Vergina, this was...
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intellectual education. It was built in the 4th c. BC and includes a palaestra, the rectangular court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms for...
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equivalent to modern punching bags. They were used for practice in the Palaestra and were filled with sand, flour, or millet. They were commonly depicted...
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Dike and Zeus at Olympia", in McWilliam, Janette; Puttock, Sonia; Stevenson, Tom; Taraporewalla, Rashna (eds.), The Statue of Zeus at Olympia: New Approaches...
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Teubner, 1927. ISBN 978-3-598-71599-0. Online version at De Gruyter (1997 reprint). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Evelyn-White, Hugh, The...
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with one or more colonnaded stoa around it, theatres, the gymnasium and palaestra or wrestling-school, the ekklesiasterion or bouleuterion for assemblies...
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specifically the kneading of dough Mene (Μήνη), goddess of the months Palaestra (Παλαίστρα), goddess of wrestling Pasiphaë (Πασιφάη), witch-goddess and...
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of Zeus, Olympia Oracles Amphiareion of Oropos Aornum Claros Delphi Didyma Dodona Oracle of Apollo Thyrxeus at Cyaneae Oracle of Apollo at Ptoion Oracle...
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outbreak of famine in Olympia; Tzetzes on Lycophron 42. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.1 Archived 8 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine...
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– immortalising the youth as he appeared in the palaestra, but no examples have been found at Olympia nor do they bear any allusion to athletic equipment...
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three-character triptych of Erinyes; in Canto IX of the Inferno they confront the poets at the gates of the city of Dis. Whilst the Erinyes were usually described as...
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Myrsine, a chaste girl who outdid all her fellow athletes in both the palaestra and the race. Out of envy, the other athletes murdered her, but Athena...
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goddess whom he identifies as Hemera. He also describes a stone pedestal at Olympia which depicted Hemera pleading with Zeus for the life of her son Memnon...
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needed] Europa, the consort of Zeus, her origins were in the East, in her case at the earliest-known Kartvelian-speaking polity of Colchis (Egrisi (Georgian:...
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Despoina (section Sanctuary at Lycosura)
perhaps the "Two Queens" referred to in various Linear B inscriptions. At Olympia they were called Despoinai (Δέσποιναι). The epithet, Despoina, is possibly...
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