gymnastikē (English spelling) gymnastike

Japanese: gymnastikē(英語表記)gymnastike
gymnastikē (English spelling) gymnastike


[Europe]
In ancient Greece, festivals such as the Olympic Games were held on a national scale, bringing about national unity as seen in the Persian Wars in the 5th century BC. In addition, the youth of the polis (city-state) were educated in reading, writing, arithmetic, mousikē (music and literature), and gymnastikē (physical education), and these also adopted festival events. The place where physical education was practiced was called a palaistra, and was often attached to the gymnasium where the general public played sports. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "gymnastikē" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[ヨーロッパ]
 古代ギリシアではオリンピックなどの祭典が全国的な規模で行われ,前5世紀のペルシア戦争でみせたような民族の団結をもたらした。また,ポリス(都市国家)の青少年は読み書き,算数とムシケmousikē(音楽や文芸),ギュムナスティケgymnastikē(体育)の教育を受けたが,そこでも祭典競技の種目が採用された。体育の実習をする場所はパライストラpalaistraといわれ,一般の人がスポーツを行うギュムナシオンgymnasionと併設されることが多かった。…

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