Trainer
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
a trainer · his master · the master in charge
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Gymnasium Master“Trainer”1 mention
The Second Tetralogy (Greek)
My son was bidden at that moment by the master in charge, who was taking the javelins of the throwers into his keeping, to pick them up;
in the texts
The Second Tetralogy
The gymnasium official supervising javelin practice who collected the throwers' javelins and, according to the prosecution, ordered the boy to gather them at the moment he was struck; both sides debate whether his command bears responsibility for the death.
My son was bidden at that moment by the master in charge, who was taking the javelins of the throwers into his keeping, to pick them up;
As this running across was his undoing, it follows that if it was at his master’s summons that he ran across, the master would be the person responsible for his death;
Nicomachean Ethics
A generic athletic trainer whose prescriptions illustrate the relative, not arithmetic, nature of the mean.
it does not follow that a trainer will prescribe 6 lb.