Gymnasium of Delphi

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The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek gymnasium
archaeological site
athletic training complex
associatedWith Oracle of Delphi
Panhellenic games
Pythian Games
constructionPeriod Hellenistic period
culture ancient Greek
currentStatus ruin
distanceFrom below Temple of Apollo at Delphi
excavatedBy French School at Athens
functionedAs social gathering place
training center for athletes
hasArchaeologicalRemains basins and pools
columns
walls
hasFeature changing rooms
covered running track
open-air training area
water supply from Castalian Spring
hasPart baths
colonnades
courtyard
palaestra
xystos
locatedBelow Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
locatedIn Central Greece
Delphi
Greece
Phocis
materialUsed marble
stone
near Castalian Spring
openToPublic true
partOf Delphi archaeological site
sanctuary of Delphi
primaryUsers athletes
youths
religiousContext sanctuary of Apollo
timePeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic Greece
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite part of Archaeological Site of Delphi
usedFor athletic training
discus and javelin practice
exercise
preparation for games
running practice
wrestling practice

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Delphi
Delphi archaeological site
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
hasPart

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