Palaestra in a sentence as a noun

In the meantime, Jowett's translation of Book V:> "Yes, and the most ridiculous thing of all will be the sight of women naked in the palaestra, exercising with the men, especially when they are no longer young; they certainly will not be a vision of beauty, any more than the enthusiastic old men who in spite of wrinkles and ugliness continue to frequent the gymnasia.

Palaestra definitions

noun

a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes

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