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• PALAESTRA (Gr. aaXaiarpa)

PALAESTRA (Gr. aaXaiarpa)  , the name apparently applied by the Greeks to two kinds of places used for gymnastic and athletic exercises . In the one See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it seems confined to the places where boys and youths received a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general gymnastic training, in the other to a See also:

• PART

part of a gymnasium where the athletae, the competitors in the public See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games,, were trained in See also:

• WRESTLING (O. Eng. wrcestlian)

wrestling (aaXatav, to wrestle) and See also:

• BOXING (M.E. box, a blow, probably from Dan. bask, a buffet)

boxing . The boys' palaeslrae were private institutions and generally See also:

• BORE

bore the name of the manager or of the founder; thus at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens there was a See also:

• PALAESTRA (Gr. aaXaiarpa)

palaestra of Taureas (See also:

• PLATO

Plato, Charmides) . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans used the terms gymnasium and palaestra indiscriminately for any See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where gymnastic exercises were carried on .