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gymnasium
Originally the name given in ancient Greece to the public places where Greek youth used to exercise and receive instruction. Plato, Aristotle,a nd other great teachers lectured there. The Greek institution was never very popular with the Romans, and it was not until the 18th and 19th centuries that the approach of combining physical with intellectual activity again found a place in educational systems.
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