Palaestra

Characters 'names are changed from Ptolemocratia and Palaestra to Battleaxia and Liplocca.

Up at the Villa 2007

Characters 'names are changed from Ptolemocratia and Palaestra to Battleaxia and Liplocca.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

“I cannot tell,” answered Stephanos; “but it gnaws at my heart like the worm that dieth not, to see this beggarly foreigner betray the noblest blood in the land, not to mention the best athlete in the Palaestra, and move off not only without punishment for his treachery, but with praise, honour, and preferment.”

Count Robert of Paris 2008

A Child Sacrificed to the Deaf Culture. (book reviews): An article from: Palaestra

Book Review - Our Eyes and Dreams of Home 2008

Palaestra, at a time when a sacrifice is going on, and the Hermaea are in course of celebration; secondly, the ‘accustomed irony’ of Socrates, who declares, as in the Symposium, that he is ignorant of all other things, but claims to have a knowledge of the mysteries of love.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

For a time he hesitated and had not the courage to come alone; but first of all, his friend Menexenus, leaving his play, entered the Palaestra from the court, and when he saw Ctesippus and myself, was going to take a seat by us; and then

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

There will be no difficulty in bringing him, he replied; if you will only go with Ctesippus into the Palaestra, and sit down and talk, I believe that he will come of his own accord; for he is fond of listening, Socrates.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

SCENE: A newly-erected Palaestra outside the walls of

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

Lamprias; for he danced the Pyrrhic very well, and in the Palaestra none could match him for the graceful motion of his hands and arms in dancing.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004