Pergamon - Gymnasium

Around the market-place in Pergamon stood the odeion, stadium and a gymnasium built on three terraces. On the lowest terrace was the children's gymnasium - the gymnasium of the "paides", i.e. children aged between six and nine years. Above this was the gymnasium for the "ephebes" (between 10 and 15) and on the highest terrace, the largest and finest of the three, the gymnasium for the "neoi" (young men over 16). To the northeast stood the Roman baths lavishly decorated with marble cladding.