Academus
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Was it when the fierce champions for the trinity fled from Galilee to the groves of Academus, and invoked, but in vain, the assistance of Philosophy?
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
"This is my Academus, and you, Tadpole, are my Plato."
From Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
It was said to have belonged to the ancient Attic hero Academus, who, when the Dioscuri invaded Attica to recover their sister Helen, carried off by Theseus, revealed the place where she was hidden.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The true name of Cadmus, according to this supposition, must have been, as I have represented, Acadamus; or, as the Ionians expressed it, Academus, to have Academia formed from it.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant
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