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Gymnasium, Sardis. The gymnasium (Ancient Greek: γυμνάσιον, romanized: gymnásion) in Ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for socializing and engaging in intellectual pursuits. The name comes from the Ancient Greek term gymnós, meaning "naked" or "nude". Only adult male ...
Gymnasium Theodorianum in Paderborn, Germany, one of the oldest schools in the world Stiftsgymnasium Melk, the oldest continuously operating school in Austria. Gymnasium (and variations of the word; pl. gymnasia [1]) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university.
A gym, short for gymnasium (pl.: gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion ". [ 1 ] They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational institutions.
Gymnasium (school), type of secondary school that prepares students for higher education Gymnasium (Denmark) Gymnasium (Germany) Gym, an indoor place for physical exercise and sports; Outdoor gym, an outdoor place for physical exercise and sports; Gymnasium F.C., Douglas on the Isle of Man "Gymnasium" (song), a 1984 song by Stephen Cummings
Education for Greek people was vastly "democratized" in the 5th century B.C., influenced by the Sophists, Plato, and Isocrates. Later, in the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece, education in a gymn school was considered essential for participation in Greek culture. The value of physical education to the ancient Greeks and Romans has been ...
Lyceum is a Latin rendering of the Ancient Greek Λύκειον (lykeion), the name of a gymnasium in Classical Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. This original lyceum is remembered as the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle.
Gymnasiarch (Latin: gymnasiarchus, from Greek: γυμνασίαρχος, gymnasiarchos), which derives from Greek γυμνάσιον (gymnasion, gymnasium) + ἄρχειν, archein, to lead, was the name of an official of ancient Greece whose rank and duties varied widely in different places and at different times.
Xystus (Ancient Greek: ξυστός) was originally the ancient Greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exercises took place during the winter or in rainy weather. The ancient Romans applied the term to a covered garden walk with porticoes for winter exercise, or to a promenade between rows of large trees ...