A palaestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; also (chiefly British) palestra; Greek: παλαίστρα) was any site of an ancient Greek wrestling school. Events requiring...
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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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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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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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(1) into the palaestra (2), a large open-air exercise ground. A row of shops fronted the street. On the right-hand side of the palaestra was a colonnade...
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of the moon, little hanging gold bullae." But in Plautus' play Rudens, Palaestra says her father gave her a golden bulla on the day of her birth. DiLuzio...
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The Fisherman's Rope. It is a Roman comedy, which describes how a girl, Palaestra, stolen from her parents by pirates, is reunited with her father, Daemones...
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Gymnasium at Delphi (section The palaestra)
4th century BC at Delphi, Greece, which comprised the xystus and the palaestra, along with its auxiliary buildings such as the changing rooms and baths...
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contained a courtyard, or palaestra, which was an open-air garden used for exercise. In some cases, the builders made the palaestra an interior courtyard...
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a pergola for outdoor banquets. The garden is situated near the Large Palaestra and just inside the Nocera gate. Today it has been extensively and carefully...
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ancient Greek architecture, was a peristyle round the great court of the palaestra, described by Vitruvius, which measured two stadia (1,200 feet (370 m)...
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Pompeii (redirect from Large Palaestra)
from about 30 BC. New public buildings included the Amphitheatre with palaestra or gymnasium with a central natatorium (cella natatoria) or swimming pool...
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Imperial Baths were divided into two parts, the thermae and the palaestra. The palaestra measures 160 by 130 meters, while the main bath building is west...
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(gymnastēs), but in Greek this word means "trainer" not "athlete". The palaestra was the part of the gymnasium devoted to wrestling, boxing, and ball games...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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Pan, Hermaphroditus, Abderus, Autolycus, Eudoros, Angelia, Myrtilus, Palaestra, Aethalides, Arabius, Astacus, Bounos, Cephalus, Cydon, Pharis, Polybus...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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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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Championships as of December 2023. The largest building on campus is the Cotonio Palaestra. Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning attended the high...
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excavations in the eastern palaestra. In 1878–9, Giuseppe Fiorelli discovered mosaics in the caldarium and western palaestra.: 14 From the early 20th...
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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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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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September 2024. "Bits & Pieces: 12th Paralympic Games Medal and Mascot". Palaestra. 19 (4): 43–45. Fall 2003. ProQuest 213232872. Tsitsimpikou, Christina;...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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Palaistra can refer to: palaestra, an ancient Greek wrestling school Palaistra, Florina, a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece This disambiguation...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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Aeacus Heracles Minos Rhadamanthus Triptolemus Trophonius Others Alexiares and Anicetus Aphroditus Enodia Circe Enyalius Palaestra Pasiphaë Sosipolis...
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