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- Gymnasium (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia
Only adult male citizens were allowed to use the gymnasia Athletes competed nude, a practice which was said to encourage aesthetic appreciation of the male body, and to be a tribute to the gods
- GYMNASIA Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Gymnasia definition: a plural of gymnasium See examples of GYMNASIA used in a sentence
- Gymnasium: The First Gym in Ancient Greece - GreekReporter. com
Ancient Greece was a culture that highly prized fitness, strength, and physical beauty to an even higher degree than education at times Greek citizens spent a great deal of time in the gymnasium They would exercise or partake in athletic games to sculpt their bodies to the desired level
- GYMNASIUM Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GYMNASIUM is a large room used for various indoor sports (such as basketball or boxing) and usually equipped with gymnastic apparatus
- Gymnasium | Athletics, Exercise Fitness | Britannica
The history of the gymnasium dates back to ancient Greece, where the literal meaning of the Greek word gymnasion was “school for naked exercise ” The gymnasiums were of great significance to the ancient Greeks, and every important city had at least one
- The Greeks - lt;b gt;Leisured Life: The Gymnasia - PBS
The gymnasia were the ancient Greek equivalent of a sports centre, and several were located just outside Athens' city walls The ancient Greeks regarded a healthy body almost as highly as a good
- Gymnasia - definition of gymnasia by The Free Dictionary
(Gymnastics) a large room or hall equipped with bars, weights, ropes, etc, for games or physical training 2 (Education) (in various European countries) a secondary school that prepares pupils for university
- GYMNASIA definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
Leave your university degrees now, young men, and get thee to gymnasia They were attached to gymnasia Archaeologists say that helmets of this type were ceremonial and used in hippika gymnasia, or cavalry tournaments, rather than battle
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