Lyceum (classical)

"Lykeion" redirects here. For modern high schools, see Education in Greece § Lyceum.

Plato and Aristotle walking and disputing. Detail from Raphael's The School of Athens (1509–1511)

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. Aristotle fled Athens in 323 BC,[2] and the university continued to function after his lifetime under a series of leaders until the Roman general Sulla destroyed it during his assault on Athens in 86 BC.[3]

The remains of the Lyceum were discovered in modern Athens in 1996 in a park behind the Hellenic Parliament.[4]

  1. ^ Morison, William. "The Lyceum". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN 2161-0002. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.)". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2009.
  3. ^ Morison, William (2006). "The Lyceum". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Aristotle's Lyceum opens to the public". Greece National Tourist Office. 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2016.