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  2. Gymnasium (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Education in ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Gymnasium at Delphi - Wikipedia

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    The Gymnasium at Delphi is a building complex 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.

  5. Cynosarges - Wikipedia

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    Cynosarges (Ancient Greek: Κυνόσαργες Kynosarges) was a famous temple of Heracles, public gymnasium, and surrounding grove located just outside the walls of Ancient Athens [1] on the southern bank of the Ilissos river and near the Diomeian gate. [2] The modern suburb of Kynosargous is named after it.

  6. Palaestra at Olympia - Wikipedia

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    The Town Hall (prytaneion) of the Eleans is within the Atlantis, and it has been destroyed beside the exit beyond the gymnasium. In this gymnasium are the running-tracks (dromoi) and the wrestling-grounds (palaistrai) for the athletes. [1] In the gymnasium at Olympia it is customary for pentathletes (pentathloi) and runners (dromeis) to ...

  7. Category:Gymnasiums (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Gymnasiums (ancient Greece)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Gymnasium at Delphi; L. Lyceum (classical)

  8. Xystus (architectural term) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Delphi - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Gymnasium at Delphi The gymnasium , which is half a mile away from the main sanctuary, was a series of buildings used by the youth of Delphi. The building consisted of two levels: a stoa on the upper level providing open space, and a palaestra , pool, and baths on lower floor.