Palaestra

For the mythological characters, see Palaestra (mythology). For the sports arena in Philadelphia, see The Palestra.

A palaestra or palestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; Ancient Greek: παλαίστρα) was any site of a Greek wrestling school in antiquity. Events requiring little space, such as boxing and wrestling, occurred there. Palaistrai functioned both independently and as a part of public gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium existed without a palaestra.

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