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palaestra

Private school in ancient Greece in which boys were trained in physical exercises. The term is also used for that part of the Gymnasium set aside for boxing and wrestling.



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Yes, and the most ridiculous thing of all will be the sight of women naked in the palaestra, exercising with the men, especially when they are no longer young; they certainly will not be a vision of beauty, any more than the enthusiastic old men who in spite of wrinkles and ugliness continue to frequent the gymnasia.
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