Lyceum (classical)
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The Lyceum was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus.
The site of the excavations
Platonic Academy
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The Academy was founded by Plato in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period a
Lyceum (classical)
…such as Prodicus of Ceos, Protagoras, and numerous rhapsodes had spoken there. The most famous philosophers to teach there were Isocrates, Plato (of The Academy), and the best-known Athenian teacher, Socrates. In addition to military training and educational pursuits, the Lyceum also housed Athenian Assembly…
Ancient road to the academy.
Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii.
The School of Athens by Raphael (1509–1510), fresco at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.
The archaeological site of Plato's academy.