Further Resources: FAQ 6

• See the catalog description and more images of the vase with the trainer.

• Read the 4th century B.C. philosopher Isocrates's view about the importance of developing both the mind and the body in his speech To Demonicus.

• Read the 4th century B.C. philosopher Plato's opinion on the value of athletics in military training in his Laws and the 2nd century A.D. writer Pausanias's view of it in his tour guide of Greece.

• See the site description, plan, and more images of the palaestra at Olympia.

• Read the opening of Plato's Charmides, a dialogue which is set in the palaestra.

• Read the 2nd century A.D. tour guide Pausanias's reference to athletes working out to flute music in his Description of Greece.

• See the catalog description and more images of the vase with the strigil.

• Read Pausanias's account of the training period before the Olympic games in his Description of Greece.

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