"Palaestric" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... prizes at the national games. These were called Athla. Certain vases bearing the inscription, "From Athens," or "Prize from Athens," seem to have been given to the victors in the pentathlon, or courses of athletic exercises in the Panathenaea. Others may have been given at the palaestric festivals, or as nuptial presents, or as pledges of love and friendship; and these are ...
— Museum of Antiquity - A Description of Ancient Life • L. W. Yaggy |
