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Platonic Academy

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Plato's Academy mosaic from Pompeii
Plato's Academy mosaic from Pompeii

The Academy (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία, romanized: Akademía) was founded by Plato in c. 387 BC in Athens. Aristotle studied there for twenty years (367–347 BC) before founding his own school, the Lyceum. The Academy persisted throughout the Hellenistic period as a skeptical school, until coming to an end after the death of Philo of Larissa in 83 BC. The Platonic Academy was destroyed by the Roman dictator Sulla in 86 BC.

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Platonic Academy
Κρατύλου, Athens Akadimia Platonos Suburb (4th District of Athens)

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104 42 Athens, Akadimia Platonos Suburb (4th District of Athens)
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Plato's Academy mosaic from Pompeii
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