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The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία,
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The Akademia was a school outside the city walls of ancient Athens. It was located in or beside a grove of olive trees dedicated to the goddess Athena, which was on the site even before Cimon enclosed the precincts w… See more

What was later to be known as Plato's school appears to have been part of Academia. Plato inherited the property at the age of thirty, with informal gatherings which included Theaetetus of Sunium, Archytas of … See more

Despite the Platonic Academy being destroyed in the first century BC, the philosophers continued to teach Platonism in Athens during the Roman era, but it was not until the early fifth century (c. 410) that a revived aca… See more

The site was rediscovered in the twentieth century, in the modern Akadimia Platonos neighbourhood; considerable excavation has been accomplished and visiting the site is free. The site of the Academy is located near … See more

• Academy of Athens (modern)
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• Cyrenaics
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1. ^ Lindberg, David C. (2007). The Beginnings of Western Science. University of Chicago Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0226482057.
2. ^ Thucydides. ii:34.
3. ^ Plutarch. Life of Cimon, xiii:7. … See more