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Cynosarges (Gr****: Κυνόσαργες Kynosarges) was a
famous temple of Heracles,
public gymnasium, and
surrounding grove located just
outside the
walls of Ancient...
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situated only
eleven or
twelve stadia from the city, and not far from
Cynosarges. It
possessed a
temple of Aphrodite, and also
apparently one of Hermaphroditus...
- Gate of Diochares,
leading to the Lyceum. The
Diomean Gate,
leading to
Cynosarges and the deme Diomea. On the
North side: the
Acharnian Gate,
leading to...
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there were
three great public gymnasia: the Academy, the
Lyceum and the
Cynosarges, each of
which was
dedicated to a
deity whose statue adorned the structure...
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because the
first Cynic, Antisthenes,
taught in the
Cynosarges gymnasium at Athens. The word
cynosarges means the "place of the
white dog". It
seems certain...
- were
called dogs was that
Antisthenes taught in the
Cynosarges gymnasium at Athens. The word
Cynosarges means the
place of the
white dog.
Later Cynics also...
- stone.
Pausanias indicated that an
altar to
Alcmene had been
built in the
Cynosarges in Athens,
alongside altars to Heracles, Hebe, and Iolaus.
Pausanias also...
- when he died at Athens, c. 365 BCE. He is said to have
lectured at the
Cynosarges, a
gymnasium for the use of
Athenians born of
foreign mothers, near the...
- the area of Neos
Kosmos may have been the
location of the
gymnasium Cynosarges. Neos
Kosmos is
south of the
historic centre of the city.
Andrea Syngrou...
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Metageitnion (which
would fall in late July or
early August), at the
Cynosarges gymnasium at the
demos Diomeia outside the
walls of Athens, in a sanctuary...
