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    The Gymnasium at Delphi is a building complex of the 4th century BC at Delphi, Greece, which comprised the xystus and the palaestra, along with its auxiliary...
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    The palaestra at Delphi is part of a gymnasium at the sanctuary. It is the oldest existing gymnasium from the Greek world, dating to the second half of...
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    Delphi (/ˈdɛlfaɪ, ˈdɛlfi/; Greek: Δελφοί [ðelˈfi]), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the...
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    areas in central Athens. Gymnopaedia Gymnasium at Delphi For modern uses of the term "gymnasium", see Gymnasium (school) and gym. Pausanias (geographer)...
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    The modern town of Delphi (/ˈdɛlfaɪ/ or /ˈdɛlfi/; Greek: Δελφοί, [ðelˈfi]) is situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name. The...
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    Theatre of Delphi, with which he finished the description of the sanctuary. The ancient Gymnasium at Delphi The mountain-top Stadium of Delphi The Temple...
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  • signature on the marble of the same column, nowadays standing in the Gymnasium at Delphi. After the foundation of the modern Greek state following the Greek...
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  • Xenophon Gryton Guneus Gutta Gylippus Gylis Gylon Gymnasiarch Gymnasium Gymnasium at Delphi Gymnitae Gymnopaedia Gynaeconomi Gynaecothoenas Gyrton (Thessaly)...
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    needed] Palaestra at Olympia Palaestra at Delphi Article title παλαίστρα. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project...
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  • Archaeological investigation of the sacred precinct of Delphi started in the second half of the 19th century, but it was not until 1892 when a systematic...
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    preserved at Delphi. The fall of Croesus had a profound effect on the Greeks, providing a fixed point in their calendar. "By the fifth century at least"...
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    the world. In 2010, students of Mathematical Gymnasium have won 28 medals and honorable mentions namely: at 2010 Olympiad in Mathematics (5–15 July 2010...
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  • Perseus of Macedon. On his return from Rome, Eumenes II is nearly killed at Delphi and Perseus is suspected of being the instigator. Since the reign of the...
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  • prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Returning to Macedonia by way of Delphi (where the Pythian priestess acclaims him "invincible"), King Alexander...
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    although parts of it were preserved. In accordance with the Oracle of Delphi, the Rhodians did not rebuild it. John Malalas wrote that Hadrian in his...
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  • member of the Senate, and participated in a delegation sent to the oracle at Delphi in 216 BC. Some scholars consider him one of the earliest annalists, although...
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  • which were held at Olympia in honor of Zeus; the Pythian Games, which took place in Delphi and honored Apollo; the Nemean Games, occurring at Nemea and also...
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    One related account states that Diogenes once asked Apollo's oracle at Delphi (or perhaps Delos) how he might gain renown. The oracle replied, "Adulterate...
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    and PUC Community Charter Early College High School. Delphi Academy of Los Angeles, a Delphi Academy school, is in Lake View Terrace. The school was...
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    first games at Olympia had been established by Heracles, but these had fallen out of practice until they were revived in 776 BC. Delphi, on the slopes...
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    most ancient edifice in Eretria, related to the early cult of Apollo in Delphi. At the centre of this edifice were preserved the clay bases supporting the...
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    Crete Crime in Greece Cyclades Cynuria Dafni, Attica Davleia Delos Delphi Delphi Archaeological Museum Delta (letter) Demographic history of Greece Demographics...
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    Pergamon (section Gymnasium)
    maintain nominal independence, and sent gifts to Greek cultural sites like Delphi, Delos, and Athens. The two brothers Eumenes II and Attalus II displayed...
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    which has an elaborate interior, at 101 W. Main St. Delphi, IN (Dunlap, Elmer E.), NRHP-listed One or more works in Delphi Courthouse Square Historic District...
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  • such leschae the chief was the Lesche of the Knidians, which was erected at Delphi by the Cnidians, and which was celebrated throughout Greece, less for...
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    fiercely was Apollo in love with Hyacinthus that he abandoned his sanctuary in Delphi to enjoy Hyacinthus' company by the river Eurotas. He taught Hyacinthus...
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    Asclepius. The sanctuary at Epidaurus was the rival of such major cult sites as the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia and Apollo at Delphi. The temple was built...
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    p. 3. Web. 25 June 2012. William J. Broad (2007). The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets. Penguin Publishing Group. p. 120...
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  • last five lines of a series of maxims, originally displayed at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi—only small and barely legible fragments of the upright portion...
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    Peloponnesus, and finally went to Delphi, where he began excavations. He was attacked by intermittent fever, of which he died at Athens. His grave is on the...
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