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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
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.
H. W. Patterson. A Ladies' Class at The German Gymnasium. 1872. The gymnasium arose out of the humanistic movement of the sixteenth century. The first general school system to incorporate the gymnasium emerged in Saxony in 1528, with the study of Greek and Latin added to the curriculum later; these languages became the foundation of teaching and study in the gymnasium, which then offered a ...
It is taught that the nuances of meaning can make the difference and that, in order to be able to translate correctly, it is necessary to understand and explain with simple words the meaning of each word. The translation of the so-called "versions" (Italian: versioni) of text in Latin and Ancient Greek has been compared by physicist Guido ...