Their schools were called gymnasia, on account of the attention given to gymnastics. From Wordnik.com. [Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.] Reference
Public institutions, such as gymnasia, were endowed by wealthy benefactors, often royal, and supervised by public officials. From Wordnik.com. [5. The Hellenistic World, to 30 B.C.E] Reference
There were too many gymnasia and not enough baths. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Turgovski means business or commerce, gymnasia is a high school. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-07] Reference
"The first subject touched on," relates the Prince, was the gymnasia. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
We had courts outdoors; they didn't have any gymnasia back in those days. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with John Raymond Shute, June 25, 1982. Interview B-0054-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
The directors of the gymnasia were in reality physicians, and acted as such. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Athens; they included gymnasia, lecture halls, libraries and picture galleries. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
Women who attended gymnasia to exercise were held in the lowest regard in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
And I don't want our artists to play in secondrate gymnasia in mournful suburbs. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario and the French Connection] Reference
Are not those who train in gymnasia, at first beginning reduced to a state of weakness?. From Wordnik.com. [Laws] Reference
Our larger towns and cities still support gymnasia of greater or less size and perfectness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859] Reference
There were three classes of officials in the gymnasia; the director or magistrate called the. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Why are they not generally introduced into the gymnasia attached to our colleges and schools?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
The transgression of some of Solon's laws in reference to the gymnasia was punishable by death. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Rome had fourteen of these officers, besides one for the vestal virgins, and one for the gymnasia. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
There are within the duchy four grammar schools (gymnasia), five semi-classical and modern schools. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Romans, and the first gymnasia in Rome were small, and connected only with private houses or villas. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
Most of the remaining CVS and Walgreen's stores were transformed into gymnasia for neighborhood kids. From Wordnik.com. [Flash!! Bushites Make Generous Oil Deal!] Reference
Seven of them graduated from gymnasia in CIS countries, and three from agricultural schools in Palestine. From Wordnik.com. [Hadassah School of Nursing: First Graduating Class.] Reference
In a way, moreover, it may be said to correspond to boxing in English universities, schools, and gymnasia. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
The conclusion of the training-system in the gymnasia usually occurs before the nineteenth or twentieth year. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861] Reference
The laws of Solon regulated the use of the gymnasia, and for very many years these laws were strictly enforced. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
All the sports of the gymnasia were either games, or special exercises for the contests of the public festivals. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859] Reference
It appears that married women did not attend the gymnasia, and unmarried women only in some parts of Greece, such as. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference
By far the majority would be gathering brooms, buckets, and sponges, ready to clean houses, workshops, temples, baths — and gymnasia. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
They were also placed in front of the temples, in the gymnasia or schools, in libraries, and at the corners of streets, and in the roads. From Wordnik.com. [The Symbolism of Freemasonry] Reference
It is in farms and it is in gymnasia and for that matter; everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Provinces ceased to be paid, and the pagan gymnasia were succeeded by. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
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