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Headword: Παλαίστρα
Adler number: pi,67
Translated headword: palaistra, palaestra, wrestling-place
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Exercize-place.
"Having found a plain smooth and fine for horses and infantry to use, he cleansed it and dug it and created palaistras for war."[1]
Greek Original:
Παλαίστρα: τὸ γυμνάσιον. εὑρὼν δὲ πεδίον ὕπτιον καὶ καλὸν εἰς χρῆσιν ἵππων καὶ φάλαγγος ἐκάθαιρε καὶ διέσκαπτε καὶ τῷ πολέμῳ παλαίστρας ἐποίει.
Notes:
cf. generally pi 59, pi 62.
[1] Quotation (transmitted via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.
Keywords: athletics; biography; definition; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 December 2003@09:44:19.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 16 February 2004@15:20:59.
David Whitehead (x-refs) on 29 July 2004@04:23:53.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 11 May 2011@07:29:38.
David Whitehead (typo) on 26 August 2011@06:21:03.
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