Academus

Academus; Aristotle in the walk of the temple of Pan, called

Leviathan 2007

If I resided in Florence I would give something extraordinary for permission to walk every day in the gallery, which I should much prefer to the Lycaeum, the groves of Academus, or any porch or philosophical alley in Athens or in Rome.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

At their first approach, they committed no acts of hostility, but peaceably demanded their sister Helen; but the Athenians returning answer that they neither had her there nor knew where she was disposed of, they prepared to assault the city, when Academus, having, by whatever means, found it out, disclosed to them that she was secretly kept at Aphidnae.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Thus does intelligent industry, large-hearted benevolence, and filial piety, plant upon the granite hills of New England the olive-groves of Academus and the palms of Judea.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various

Athenian citizen named Academus, who knew of Helen's place of concealment, repaired to the camp of the Dioscuri, and informed them where they would find her.

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

Beyond in the suburbs lies the public park owned by Academus in the fifth century before Christ.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

ACA'DEMY, _s. _ (from _Academus_, an Athenian, who founded a public school at Athens, which after him was called Academia, _Latin_), place of education; an assembly or society of men, uniting for the promotion of some art

The Illustrated London Reading Book Various

These were fearful odds, and it came to pass, that in spite of "Attic symposia," and groves of Academus, and the enacting of a Greek play, and the perpetual recitation of the fragment in praise of Harmodius and

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 370, May 16, 1829 Various

The roots of the tree, rather than the leaves, are the sources of its life; and from the dawn of history, from Academus to Cambridge, the culture of the University has been the broad foundation-stone on which is built the kindergarten's A B C.

The Souls of Black Folk 1915

Academy, because it met in the groves of Academus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913