Schole in the Cities of Hellenistic Asia Minor
Schole (the spare-time) played a very important role in the life of the Cities of Asia Minor in the Hellenistic period. There were many different favorite forms of schole in the cities. Some of them such as individual intellectual studies or writing verses, music, meetings with the friends, were the private ones, organized by the people themselves. The most important favorite spare-time of the citizens was organized by the polis, by the city's authorities. They were theatre performances, religious festivals, music concerts, sport competitions, etc. For the needs of the schole there was created an architectural environment in the cities with such an important elements as theatre, gymnasia, agora, etc.