Crossword clues for palaestra
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palestra \Pa*les"tra\, n.; pl. L. Palestr[ae], E. Palestras. [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. ?, fr. ? to wrestle.] [Written also pal[ae]stra.] (Antiq.)
A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.
A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see palestra.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context historical English) A public area in ancient Greece and Rome dedicated to the teaching and practice of wrestling and other sports; a wrestling school, a gymnasium. 2 An arena for literal or figurative combat; a battlefield.
WordNet
n. a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra]
Wikipedia
The palaestra ( or ; also (chiefly British) palestra; ) was the ancient Greek wrestling school. The events that did not require a lot of space, such as boxing and wrestling, were practised there. The palaestra functioned both independently and as a part of public gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium could exist without a palaestra.
In Greek mythology, Palaestra was a name attributed to two characters, who were both associated with the god Hermes: one was a mortal lover of Hermes, whereas the other was considered his daughter and a goddess of wrestling. Myths concerning both provided an etiology for the Greek word for wrestling school, palaestra.
Usage examples of "palaestra".
Hilder fought in the Palaestra once but killed his patron over the share of the prize.
Lava Bed and the Palaestra, in the southeast corner of The Carcass, then curved back south, and suddenly dropped the swaying bear directly atop another one positioned before the wall.
In the Circle and the Palaestra, the herded Myrcians flung themselves against their captors, swarming up the steps to the walls, climbing over rubble.
Square in Highill, along the Wagering Circus near the Palaestra, on the Wandering Keel in Fishead.
And all the private baths and the watered gardens and the big public pool in the palaestra and the pipes in the new apartments!
I amalgamated divinities, sexes, and eternal attributes, the hardy Diana of the forests with the melancholy Bacchus, the vigorous Hermes of the palaestrae with the twofold god who sleeps, head on arm, like a fallen flower.