I did not make much progress towards my house; the crowd in front of the greatgymnasium stopped me.
3
The farm is a greatgymnasium, a superb manual training school, nature's kindergarten, constantly calling upon the youth's self-reliance and inventiveness.
4
Now Sparta, situated in the midst of a numerous conquered population of Messenians and Helots, was partly a greatgymnasium and partly a perpetual camp.