A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The peristylia (D) in a gymnasium, which Vi-truvius incorrectly calls palaestra, are placed in theform of a square or oblong, and have two stadia(1200 feet) in circumference. They consist of fourporticoes. In three of them (ABC) spacious exe-drae with seats were erected, in which philoso-phers, rhetoricians, and others, who delighted inintellectual conversation might assemble. A fourthportico (E), towards the south, was double, so thatthe interior walk was not exposed to bad double portico contained the following apart-ments : — The E
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . The peristylia (D) in a gymnasium, which Vi-truvius incorrectly calls palaestra, are placed in theform of a square or oblong, and have two stadia(1200 feet) in circumference. They consist of fourporticoes. In three of them (ABC) spacious exe-drae with seats were erected, in which philoso-phers, rhetoricians, and others, who delighted inintellectual conversation might assemble. A fourthportico (E), towards the south, was double, so thatthe interior walk was not exposed to bad double portico contained the following apart-ments : — The Ephebeum (F), a spacious hall withseats, in the middle, and by one-third longerthan broad. On the right is the Coryceum (G),perhaps the same room which in other cases was GYMNASIUM. called Apodyterium ; then came the Conisterium (H)adjoining ; and next to the Conisterium, in the re-turns of the portico, is the cold bath, Xovrpov (I).On the left of the Ephebeum is the Elaeothesium,where persons were anointed by the aliptae (K).Adjoining the El
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