- A
palaestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; also (chiefly British) palestra;
Ancient Gr****: παλαίστρα) was any site of an
ancient Gr****
wrestling school. Events...
- 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
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...
- 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...
- from
about 30 BC. New
public buildings included the
Amphitheatre with
palaestra or
gymnasium with a
central natatorium (cella natatoria) or
swimming pool...
-
covered portico (g, g),
which ran
round three sides of an open
court (
palaestra,[clarification needed] A).
These together formed the
vestibule of the...
- (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...
-
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...
- the
example of his
predecessors (Antoninus had enjo****
exercise in the
palaestra, fishing, and comedy),
going so far as to
write up a
fable about the gods'...
- (gymnastēs), but in Gr**** this word
means "trainer" not "athlete". The
palaestra was the part of the
gymnasium devoted to wrestling, boxing, and ball games...
