γυμνοπαιδίαι
γυμνοπαιδίαι, festival
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γυμνοπαιδίαις Proper-name noun feminine dative plural of γυμνοπαιδίαι
- festival at Sparta, at which naked boys danced and went through gymnastic exercises, Hdt. 6.67, Th. 5.82, etc.: later in sg., Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.208d; ἡ τῶν Λυκαίων γ., = Lupercalia, D.C. 44.11.
1 Gimnopedias fiestas de Esparta en honor de Apolo en las que niños desnudos cantaban y bailaban en coros, Hdt.6.67, Th.5.82, X.HG 6.4.16, Mem.1.2.61, Plu.Lyc.15, 2.227f, Paus.3.11.9, Luc.Salt.12, Ath.678c, Hsch., se celebraban a pleno sol durante el verano y se consideraban como un endurecimiento de la persona, Pl.Lg.633c
• tb. en sg.
γυμνοπαιδίας ἀγομένης
2 las lupercales fiestas romanas
ἐς τὰς τοῦ Πανὸς γυμνοπαιδίας
ἐν τῇ τῶν Λυκαίων γυμνοπαιδίᾳ
- a festival in honour of those who fell at Thyrea, at which boys went through gymnastic exercises, Hdt., Thuc., Xen.