- A
palaestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; also (chiefly British) palestra; Gr****: παλαίστρα) was any site of an
ancient Gr****
wrestling school.
Events requiring...
- Gr****
mythology ****ociates the name
Palaestra (Παλαίστρα) with two
separate characters, both ****ociated with the god Hermes: one
became a
mortal lover...
- The
palaestra at
Olympia (Gr**** παλαίστρ-α, -αι, "wrestling
ground or grounds,"
Latin palaestr-a, -ae, with Gr**** ἐν Όλυμπία,
Latin in Olympia) is the...
- The
palaestra at
Delphi is part of a
gymnasium at the sanctuary. It is the
oldest existing gymnasium from the Gr**** world,
dating to the
second half of...
- 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...
- 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...
-
September 2024. "Bits & Pieces: 12th
Paralympic Games Medal and Mascot".
Palaestra. 19 (4): 43–45. Fall 2003. ProQuest 213232872. Tsitsimpikou, Christina;...
- 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...
-
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...
- (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...
