The Lyceum (Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god" [1]). It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.

Lyceum, Athenian school founded by Aristotle in 335 bc in a grove sacred to Apollo Lyceius. Owing to his habit of walking about the grove while lecturing his students, the school and its students acquired the label of Peripatetics (Greek peri, “around,” and patein, “to walk”).

Plato’s great rival Isocrates taught rhetoric in the Lyceum during the first half of the fourth century BC, as did other sophists and philosophers. Rhapsodes were said to teach there as well (Alexis, PCG fr. 25, Antiphanes, PCG fr. 120, and Isocrates, Panathenaecus 33.5).

The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία, romanized: Akadēmía), variously known as Plato's Academy, or the Platonic Academy, was founded in Athens by Plato circa 387 BC.

Oct 9, 2015 · Similarly, the atmosphere in democratic Athens created ideal conditions for the emergence of philosophy: Initially with the Sophists, later with Socrates and finally, in the 4th century BC, with the founding of the first great philosophical schools in history, Plato’s Academy (pictured) and Aristotle’s Lyceum.

Apr 2, 2025 · The Lyceum of Aristotle in Athens, or to be precise the gymnasium of the Lyceum, was quite recently discovered in the center of Athens, in 1996. According to ancient accounts, the Lyceum of Aristotle was an idyllic, green suburb, outside the Dioharus Gate near the banks of …

Feb 12, 2025 · Some of the greatest foundational works of human thought were produced in the Academy and Lyceum. The communities founded by Plato and Aristotle nurtured some of the greatest minds of antiquity and the leading statesmen of that age. Is this not sufficient, and tangible, success?

Jun 18, 2015 · The likely site of Plato’s Academy is located in the northwestern Akadimia Platonos subdivision of the Greek capital of Athens (Fig. 1, red), about 3 km from the Acropolis of Athens and only a few hundred meters north of the Agricultural University of Athens.

6 days ago · In this article, we’re explaining what Lykeion was, what the famous philosopher Aristotle had to do with it, and how to make the most of your visit to the archaeological site of Lykeion, a secret historic gem in the heart of the Greek capital. Here’s everything you need to know about the Lykeion archaeological site.

Sep 23, 2024 · Inevitably Aristotle established his own university in a grove sacred to Apollo Lyceus, some 50 years after Plato’s Academy was founded. He called his university Lyceum after Apollo. Now, why was Apollo known as Lyceus and what does that word mean?