Academy

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Academy is the ancient Athenian site that housed Plato’s philosophical school and became synonymous with institutions of higher learning.

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Academy canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient philosophical school ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
educational institution ⓘ
conceptuallyGaveRiseTo term "academy" for institutions of higher learning ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Athena ⓘ
dissolved 86 BC ⓘ
dissolvedBy Sulla ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Roman sack of Athens ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
foundedBy Plato ⓘ
hasPart groves ⓘ
gymnasium ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
hasType center of learning ⓘ
philosophical school ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological park ⓘ
inception c. 387 BC ⓘ
influenced Neoplatonism ⓘ
Renaissance Platonism ⓘ
medieval universities ⓘ
modern concept of the academy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

Athens ⓘ
Attica ⓘ
mainInterest dialectic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
modernNameInGreek Akadimia ⓘ
namedAfter Akademos ⓘ
Hecademus ⓘ
notableStudent Aristotle ⓘ
Demosthenes ⓘ
linked to: Isocrates

Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
Theophrastus ⓘ
partOf Athenian gymnasia ⓘ
significantPerson Antiochus of Ascalon ⓘ
Arcesilaus ⓘ
Carneades ⓘ
Philo of Larissa ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Speusippus ⓘ
Xenocrates ⓘ
use philosophical instruction ⓘ
physical training ⓘ
religious rites ⓘ

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