Cyclopædia
Assuming gymnastic is required, the following 2 results were found.
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ACADEMYhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACADEMY
Horse, with other suitable Exercises; as Fencing, &c.See EXERCISE. This is what Vitruvius calls Ephebeum. See GYMNASIUM, GYMNASTIC, &c. The Duke of Newcastle will have the Art of Riding to have had its Origin in Italy, and the first Academy of this Sort...
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ATHLETAhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ATHLETA
as running, Wrestling, and other the like Gymnic Sports, for which the Ancients had established Prizes. See EXERCISE and GYMNASTIC. See also GAME, CIRCUS, etc. The Athlete lived in continual Abstinence from Pleasures, to render themselves the more...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified