Academus

American  

[ak-uh-dee-muhs] / ˌæk əˈdi məs /

noun

1. an Arcadian whose estate became a meeting place for Athenian philosophers.

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Example Sentences

It will be regarded as the Cephissus of a Canadian Academus, the Cherwell of an infant Christ Church.

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry

Academus was a local hero, connected with the legend of Theseus and Helen.

From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Church, Alfred John

"Kind Athens," he goes on, "added a little more learning, to the end that I might be able to distinguish right from wrong, and to seek for truth amongst the groves of Academus."

From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Church, Alfred John

This latter plain, with its fine olive-woods reaching down across Academus to the region of the old long walls, is fairly covered with corn and grazing cattle, with plane trees and poplars.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

Good Athens give me some additional learning: that is to say, to be able to distinguish a right line from a curve, and seek after truth in the groves of Academus.

From The Works of Horace by Horace