10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALAESTRAE»
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palaestrae in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
palaestrae and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Athletics in Ancient Athens
Some rich men have gymnasia, baths and changing rooms privately, but the
demos itself builds many palaestrae, changing rooms and baths; and the mob
enjoys these more than do the few and the well-to-do.70 This implies that some ...
2
Athletics in the Ancient World
The palaestrae in the gymnasia were public institutions, so were the palaestrae
at Olympia and Elis where the athletes trained. But the majority of palaestrae
were owned by private individuals, often by schoolmasters. Schoolmasters with
only ...
3
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
At Athens, however, there was a considerable number of palaestrae, quite
distinct from the gymnasia, which were called by the names either of their
founders, or of the teachers who gave instruction there ; thus, for example, we
read of the ...
4
A dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities, ed. by W. Smith
126. 128), who says that Clis- thenes of Sicyon built a dromos and a palaestra,
both of which he calls by the general name of palaestra. At Athens, however,
there was a considerable number of palaestrae, quite distinct from the gymnasia,
...
Greek antiquities, sir William Smith, 1842
5
Eros and Greek Athletics
Of great interest in the present context is the seemingly reliable tradition of a law
of Solon:t "i The law prohibits a slave from frequenting the gymnasium [
gumnazesthai] and from anointing themselves in the palaestrae . . . [and it
prohibits] a ...
Riverside Thomas F. Scanlon Professor of Classics University of California, 2002
6
Paul: Jew, Greek, and Roman
The Greek palaestrae may have been easier for “outsiders” to enter without
prohibition if Socrates' experience is representative (Plato, Lysias 203a–211a).
Aristophanes (Pax. 762–764) notes a character “hanging around palaestrae
trying to ...
7
Aristotle's Problemata in Different Times and Tongues
Later in the century, Jean Berblenghéem, a master of Arts, medical student and
future professor in that discipline, lectured on the Problems in front of sixty
Parisian Arts students10, and the Problems figured in the medical palaestrae of
John of ...
Pieter de Leemans, Michèle Goyens, 2006
8
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Omnia Ex Editione Heyniana: Cum ...
Antiqua scilicet ab Atbeniensibus tradita. Sercius. Oleo lahente] Explicat, quales
isti ludi fuei ¡ut. Lucanus 1. iv. ' perfudit membra liquore Hospes Olympiacae
servato more palaestrae.' Docet untern P. Faber JC. Agonist. II. 5. solos liictatores
...
... quamvis illi ornate et graviter aut de natura rerum aut de humanis rebus
loquantur: nitidum quoddam genus estverborum et laetum, et palaestrae magis et
olei, quam huius civilis turbae 18. tt palaestrae -E/f-ySFSt. W/.KPAH. (Win litura
Lag.
Augustus Samuel Wilkins, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cicéron
10
Aristotle's School; a Study of a Greek Educational Institution
... to be, but most palaestrae were privately owned "wrestling schools," simple
structures that were fairly numerous at Athens. Gymnasia on the other hand were
elaborate, monumental buildings and numbered only three at Athens through the
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALAESTRAE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
palaestrae is used in the context of the following news items.
Top 10 Greek-Themed Halloween Costumes
Together with Hermes he was the patron and protector of gymnasia and palaestrae. His iconographic attributes are the lion skin and the club. «Greek Reporter, Oct 11»
Mud festival participants contract skin disease
Funnily enough, the syndrome already has a name: dermatitis palaestrae limosae, or dermatitis of muddy wrestling. Scientists at the University ... «New Scientist, Jul 09»
