- A
palaestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; also (chiefly British) palestra;
Ancient Gr****: παλαίστρα) was any site of an
ancient Gr****
wrestling school. Events...
- 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...
- from
about 30 BC. New
public buildings included the
Amphitheatre with
palaestra or
gymnasium with a
central natatorium (cella natatoria) or
swimming pool...
- 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...
-
covered portico (g, g),
which ran
round three sides of an open
court (
palaestra,[clarification needed] A).
These together formed the
vestibule of the...
- 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...
- of the
sanctuary is the
South Stoa and the bouleuterion,
whereas the
palaestra, the
workshop of Pheidias, the gymnasion, and the
Leonidaion lie to the...
-
discovered two
previously unknown laconica (saunas or
sweat baths)
under the
palaestra courtyard. The
Stabian Baths are
located at the
intersection of two main...
-
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...
