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If I headed to one of ancient Athens's three gymnasia, would I see lots of lower-class people working out there and catching lectures from the philosophers and other teachers? Were the gymnasia mostly for the rich, who had plenty of free time?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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