palaestra

A Greek or Roman building for athletic training, smaller than a gymnasium, consisting of a large square court with colonnades, rooms for massage, baths, etc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Palaestra

a private gymnastics school in ancient Greece attended by boys from the ages of 12 to 16. On the island of Samos, there was also a palaestra for adult men. The program at a. palaestra included the five events that made up the pentathlon—running, wrestling, jumping, and javelin- and discus-throwing—along with gymnastic exercises and swimming.

Palaestrae had open courts, tracks, gymnastic halls, and swimming pools. They were sometimes located at schools known as gymnasia.

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Already he feels the absence of the marketplace, the palaestra, the race track, and the gymnasium (abero faro, palaestra, stadio et gyminasiis?, 60) and he mourns for the manly glory of those sports grounds, which had been his until very recently.

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These bronze vessels depicting athletes seem perfectly suited to their function as oil containers and one can easily imagine their use in the baths and the palaestra. It is unfortunate that the individual identity of these fighters is not known, since specific athletes are identified on other vessels made and sold to promote athletic competitions and gladiatorial games.

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I challenged him to the palaestra; and he wrestled and closed with me....

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