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Gymnasium of Salamis, Cyprus
The gymnasium of Salamis in Cyprus, with its colonnaded palaestra, was built over the ruins of an earlier Hellenistic gymnasium in the 2nd century CE during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian after Salamis had been greatly damaged during the...
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Marble Bust of Lucius Verus
Head of Lucius Verus (reign: 161 – 169 CE), from a colossal statue found in the north gallery of the palaestra of the South Baths in Perge, Turkey. (Antalya Museum)
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Dion Polygonal Building, Greece
The Polygonal Building in Dion (Greece), located at the intersection of the main cardo and the decumanus (east-west road), is thought to have been a palaestra due to a mosaic depicting wrestlers that was found in one of the rooms.
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Ancient Greek Music by Prof. Stefan Hagel
Professor Stefan Hagel performing Ancient Greek Music at palaestra et odeum - Lund - Sweden.
Instruments: Greek Kithara & Aulos