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    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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    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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    Thermae (section Palaestra)
    covered portico (g, g), which ran round three sides of an open court (palaestra,[clarification needed] A). These together formed the vestibule of the...
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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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